Kyrgyzstan
17.05.02
Urgent Interventions
Kyrgyzstan: Release of KCHR members
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
KGZ 002/0502/OBS 032.1
Release from detention
KYRGYZSTAN
17th May 2002
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH and OMCT joint program, has been informed of the release of human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan.
Brief description of the facts :
The Observatory has been informed by the Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights (KCHR), that M. Ramazan Dyryldaev, Chairman of KCHR and other human rights defenders were released from detention on 17th May 2002. They had been arrested yesterday, May 16th, 2002 at 9.00 am, together with more than 90 people, during a peaceful demonstration in Bishkek, in front of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic and taken to the district department of the Ministry of the Interior in Bishkek.
The persons arrested were protesting against the ratification by the Parliament, on 10th May, of the Agreement signed between Kyrgyzstan and China, according to which a part of Kyrgyz territory was transferred to China, in contradiction with the Kyrgyz Constitution. They were also demanding the truth concerning the identification of the persons responsible for the violent repression of the demonstration that took place on 17th March and during which 6 people were killed and 40 injured.
According to the information received, those arrested stayed in cameras until the morning, most of them were beaten up and some of them even got injured. The lawyer of KCHR M. Jakishev had to be taken to hospital. Allegedly, representatives of the militia forcefully made people sign documents against them. They are charged for “violation of public order” and lawsuits are meant to start soon.
The Observatory is pleased to announce this release and thanks all individuals and organisations who intervened. However it remains concerned about the situation of human rights defenders and NGOs in Kyrgyzstan and will monitor future developments, in particular that all guarantees of a fair trial are respected if those arrested are brought to trial.
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Geneva-Paris, 17th May 2002
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken, quoting the reference number given above.
The Observatory, an FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete support in their time of need.
The Observatory was the winner of the 1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line
Tel et fax FIDH : 33 (0) 1 43 55 20 11 / 01 43 55 18 80
Tel et fax OMCT : +4122 809 49 39 / 41 42 809 49 29
E-mail : observatoire@iprolink.ch
KGZ 002/0502/OBS 032.1
Release from detention
KYRGYZSTAN
17th May 2002
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH and OMCT joint program, has been informed of the release of human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan.
Brief description of the facts :
The Observatory has been informed by the Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights (KCHR), that M. Ramazan Dyryldaev, Chairman of KCHR and other human rights defenders were released from detention on 17th May 2002. They had been arrested yesterday, May 16th, 2002 at 9.00 am, together with more than 90 people, during a peaceful demonstration in Bishkek, in front of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic and taken to the district department of the Ministry of the Interior in Bishkek.
The persons arrested were protesting against the ratification by the Parliament, on 10th May, of the Agreement signed between Kyrgyzstan and China, according to which a part of Kyrgyz territory was transferred to China, in contradiction with the Kyrgyz Constitution. They were also demanding the truth concerning the identification of the persons responsible for the violent repression of the demonstration that took place on 17th March and during which 6 people were killed and 40 injured.
According to the information received, those arrested stayed in cameras until the morning, most of them were beaten up and some of them even got injured. The lawyer of KCHR M. Jakishev had to be taken to hospital. Allegedly, representatives of the militia forcefully made people sign documents against them. They are charged for “violation of public order” and lawsuits are meant to start soon.
The Observatory is pleased to announce this release and thanks all individuals and organisations who intervened. However it remains concerned about the situation of human rights defenders and NGOs in Kyrgyzstan and will monitor future developments, in particular that all guarantees of a fair trial are respected if those arrested are brought to trial.
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Geneva-Paris, 17th May 2002
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken, quoting the reference number given above.
The Observatory, an FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete support in their time of need.
The Observatory was the winner of the 1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line
Tel et fax FIDH : 33 (0) 1 43 55 20 11 / 01 43 55 18 80
Tel et fax OMCT : +4122 809 49 39 / 41 42 809 49 29
E-mail : observatoire@iprolink.ch