Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Kyrgyzstan

Alleged Islamic Militants' Trial Adjourns In Kyrgyzstan

(RFE/RL)

PRAGUE, August 29, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The trial of six alleged Islamic militants accused of involvement in a series of armed attacks on Kyrgyz and Tajik border posts last May briefly resumed today.

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August 29, 2006

RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported that the hearings adjourned after a while because lawyers for two of the defendants and some witnesses failed to appear in court.

The trial is due to resume on August 30.

One of the defendants is a woman. Another one is reportedly a Tajik citizen. All six are suspected of belonging to the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan radical religious groupings.

The May 12 attack, which took place in Kyrgyzstan's Batken region, claimed the lives of several Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards.

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