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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10178
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/kyrgyzstan

MEPs call for impartial investigation into inter-ethnic violence and for EU support of OSCE police mission

Brussels, 09/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is calling on the Kyrgyzstan authorities to conduct a “credible, impartial and independent” inquiry into the inter-ethnic clashes between Kyrgyz nationals and the Uzbek minority in the towns of south Och and Djalal-Abad in June this year, when at least 300 persons lost their lives (the violence also led to 300,000 persons being displaced within the country, and 100,000 seeking refuge in the neighbouring Uzbekistan). The...

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