OCT. 7 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — A reporter for U.S.-funded radio station Voice of America went on trial in Uzbekistan accused of slander and posing a threat to public order, news agencies quoted a local human rights group as saying. Reporter Abdumalik Boboyev faces up to eight years in jail.
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(News report from Issue No. 10, published on Oct. 7 2010)
SEPT. 15 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — A court in south Kyrgyzstan gave an Uzbek rights activist and 7 other defendants a life jail sentence for killing a policeman during ethnic clashes in June. Human rights groups said the trial had been unfair and the defendants had been beaten.
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(News report from Issue No. 7, published on Sept. 16 2010)
SEPT. 7 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva hinted that she could cancel next month’s parliamentary elections if she thought politicians were using the vote to stir up ethnic tension. Hundreds died in June during clashes between ethnics Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in the south of the country.
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(News report from Issue No. 6, published on Sept. 9 2010)