Kyrgyzstan's State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on August 3 that three alleged members of an ultra-nationalist group had been placed in pretrial detention for at least two months on hatred charges. According to the UKMK, the three residents of the northern Chui region, whose identities were not disclosed, attacked persons with Asian features, recorded the beatings, and then posted the video on the Internet along with Nazi symbols. While the majority of Kyrgyzstan's population of some 6.7 million are Asians, the country's north is more ethnically diverse. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
