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Kyrgyzstan Arrests Turkish Journalist
May 11, 2011
Kyrgyzstan says it has detained a Turkish journalist in Bishkek on suspicion of belonging to an Islamist terrorist organization.
The Kyrgyz security services have said Ali Osman Zor was a member of the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders Front, which seeks the establishment of a Caliphate in the Middle East.
Reports said Zor was detained on May 2 in response to a request from Turkey.
He had arrived in Kyrgyzstan last year, where he has been working as a journalist for Turkish media, and applied for political asylum citing alleged persecution by Turkish authorities.
Zor has called for an overthrow of the Turkish government.
compiled from agency reports
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_arrests_tuyrkish_journalist/24097961.html
Copyright (c) 2011. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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