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KYRGYZSTAN DAILY DIGEST
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From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 17:35:28 EST
CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM OPENS IN KYRGYZSTAN
A two-day international conference on terrorism jointly sponsored by the OSCE and
the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention opened in Bishkek on
13 December amid unprecedented security precautions, RFE/RL's Bishkek
bureau reported. Addressing the opening session, Kyrgyz President Askar
Akaev described as terrorism the incursions into Kyrgyz territory in
1999 and 2000 by the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. He also
stressed the nexus between poverty and terrorism, calling for measures
to alleviate poverty in the region. Some 70 people staged a demonstration in
Bishkek on 13 December near the Hyatt Regency hotel, the venue for the conference,
to call for the
release of political prisoners, including former Vice President Feliks
Kulov, RFE/RL's Bishkek bureau reported. LF
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