It has been one year since bloody ethnic clashes in the Kyrgyz city of Osh shattered the optimism that followed the revolution deposing authoritarian dictator Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
In the uncertain power vacuum, longstanding tensions between Kyrgyz and Uzbek citizens were fueled by rumour and mistrust, boiling over in turmoil that cost hundreds of lives, caused thousands of injuries and displaced almost half a million.
At the anniversary of the violence Osh is at peace and progressive community projects are seeking to reconcile citizens, but the legacy of those terrible events remains as strong as ever.
Stories of people being set on fire, raped, shot by government troops or beaten to death by mobs have left inter-communal tensions beyond the surface that are fresher and more dangerous than ever before...
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