29.03.2006

The Kyrgyz Committee for Human rights informed about this incident, below additional details.
 
The deputy of parliament has attacked the journalist and threatens  him with physical violence.
Bishkek, on March, 29th. (Agency “Kabar”). "On a site of  “The voice of freedom " is informed about the fact of beating of the journalist.

" With the complaint to unworthy behaviour  of the deputy, to the speaker of parliament  has addressed  the journalist Nurgazy Anarkulov on March, 22nd, 2006.  He has told, that deputy of Jogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyz  Republic Arzybek Burkanov has struck a fist to face of  the journalist.

Incident has occured on March, 16th  of this year in city centre. The deputy  regarded  himself offended for the publication in the newspaper "Kyrgyz Ordo ",  where Nurgazy Anarkulov works as the political analyst. In his clause the journalist has written, that voters of deputy Burkanov from Batken region complained, that their elected representative of people, after elections has not made anything that promised during the pre-election period.
According to Nurgzay Anarklov , in the evening of that day, he came back home, when on crossing of prospectus Manas  and streets Kiev has met several deputies among whom was  Arzybek Burkanov . Having seen the journalist, the deputy has stepped  up to  him  and with words,  what right  he has write about him, has suddenly punched on the face.  Assistants accompanied deputy Burkanov began to drag the raged member of parliament, and the deputy began to threaten, that the journalist will not dare any more to go in Batken region , and  he
" will kill all relatives” of  the journalist.