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| Journalist's murder in Kyrgyzstan sends a message |
| 2007-12-03 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 The shooting was apparently the first contract killing of a journalist in Kyrgyzstan, a country known for its relative media freedom compared with its authoritarian neighbors, and it sent shock waves through the region and beyond. Siyosat struck a visible nerve with the Uzbeks. Soon after Saipov began to publish, a public campaign began against him on Uzbekistan's state-controlled television and Internet. One Uzbek Web site ran a piece titled "Saipov Is Traitorous Knife in the Back From Our Neighbor and Partner Kyrgyzstan." For the journalists, human rights workers and Uzbek opposition members living in southern Kyrgyzstan, given the brutal and public nature of Saipov's shooting, the consensus is that he was killed to send a message to anyone interfering - or even thinking of getting involved - in Uzbek politics. "This was not an assassination, but an execution," said one Western diplomat working in Kyrgyzstan, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the delicacy of the issue. "It was a message saying, 'We can get anyone, anytime, anywhere.' " Edited, more info at link. Sounds like he knew what he might get into - brave. You see you leftist tards, in some countries when you speak truth to power they retort. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-12-03 16:29 |
| #1 Kyrgyz: A people in search of vowels. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-03 08:39 |