The potential Asia and the Caucasus conflict at the protest in Kyrgyzstan has been the struggle between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek populations in the country. The protests began in April 2010 when the Kyrgyz government attempted to evict Uzbek families from their homes in the southern part of the country. This sparked a wave of violence between the two ethnic groups, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being displaced. The conflict has been ongoing since then, with both sides accusing each other of human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing.
