Kyrgyz opposition journalist died in hospital

14:51 22/12/2009 » Law

Kyrgyz opposition journalist died in hospital

A prominent Kyrgyz opposition journalist died in hospital on Tuesday, nearly a week after he was thrown out of a high building in Kazakhstan with his hands tied behind his back, foreign media reported. Gennady Pavlyuk fell into a coma after he was attacked on December 16 while on a visit to Almaty, the financial capital of Kazakhstan north of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek where he was based.

Source: Panorama.am

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