New Kyrgyz Raid on Uzbek Area
23 June 2010 | Issue 4418
The Associated Press
Troops beat several dozen men and women in an Uzbek neighborhood in southern Kyrgyzstan's main city on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said. The raid deepened refugee fears about returning to the violence-scarred area.
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