This is a tweet by a Kyrgyz activist (I've paraphrased it) amidst the unfolding political crisis in Bishkek and other cities. The hashtag (#) followed by freekg accompanies all tweets about the confrontation between the opposition-backed protesters on the streets  and the government. Apropos my last post and query about why social media must always be politically agitational for it to be seen as fulfilling its promise (and thanks, Ellen, for your comment :-) ), here are some details of how Twitter is helping the Kyrgyz opposition. Activists protesting outside the White House have been tweeting non-stop for almost 2 days, reporting on the unfolding events on the square. Edil Baisalov (twitter handle @baisalov) is among the most active on twitter. His activist friends have been in the frontline of the protests and have been tweeting video updates and photographs.   Video posted on Twitter by @baisalovThese activists were naturally the first to tweet about how teargas was used to dispel protesters and to report that there may be some casualties, even as I write this. Yesterday there was also a digital blackout and I don't know if that still holds; tweeple in Kz were finding it hard to access popular political blog platforms, apparently. However, on livejournal Elena Skochilo, neweurasia's former country editor for Kyrgyzstan, has posted a timeline of events and several images and videos.  On Twitter there is also a government official who's helping sift rumour from fact but I won't make the mistake of assuming his political stance without knowing anything about him! He seems to be trying to find a political middle-ground between the opposition/activists protesting and the official point of view, from what I can gather from the exchanges between him and his followers. But increasingly, tweets sent his way are vitriolic, promising retribution.Neweurasia.net is reporting an information blockade. So Twitter will have to step in and do its bit to inform people, like it's doing now,While I don't believe social media must necessarily perform a political role for it to fulfil its 'promise', I imagine the use of Twitter by activists in KG will make some people happy that it has this week.SR.