Document #1332392

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Kyrgyz Police Detain Electricity Rate Hike Protest Organizers


By RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service

September 16, 2014

Police in Kyrgyzstan have thwarted plans for a protest over electricity prices by detaining three organizers.

Activists had organized a demonstration in the east-central city of Naryn on September 16 to protest planned rate hikes by the local administration.

One of the organizers, Erkin Asanaliev, told RFE/RL police had detained him and two colleagues before the protests, preventing it from taking place.

Asanaliev said local authorities had given official permission fo the gathering, but police told RFE/RL its organizers were detained because they had not received offical permission.

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ecoi.net description:
Naryn city: 3 organizers of a planned protest over electricity prices detained
Country:
Kyrgyzstan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz-naryn-protest-detention-police-electricuty-hikes/26587472.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
16 September 2014
Document ID:
1332392 (former ID 286405)

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