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WLP Partner and Human Rights Activist Tolekan Ismailova Arrested in Kyrgyzstan

http://www.learningpartnership.org/en/advocacy/alerts/kyrgyzstan0318

Arbitrary arrests of human rights activists continue following
post-electoral protests nationwide/

*July 30, 2009*

Tolekan Ismailova has been arrested in Kyrgyzstan during peaceful demonstrations in Bishkek on July 30th. Ms. Ismailova was among four human rights activists arrested while calling on the government to release 87 individuals protesting the contested July 23rd presidential elections.

The arbitrary arrests, part of a government crackdown on civil gatherings in the Kyrgyz Republic, are largely at odds with the Kyrgyz Constitution—which guarantees freedom of assembly and peaceful meetings.
Many of those detained have been subjected to physical abuse while imprisoned, and allegations of torture have been lodged against authorities.

Tolekan Ismailova is the Director of the Human Rights Center “Citizens Against Corruption” in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. WLP joins her call for the immediate release of those detained following the elections of July 23rd and calls on the Kyrgyz Government to uphold its citizens’ constitutional right to peaceful assembly.

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