Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Talay Kudyrov told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service that Uzbek border guards today released Erkin Yakubzhanov. No other details were provided.
Yakubzhanov was detained on 18 July, more than two months after the mid-May tragedy, as he tried to cross into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan to investigate the violent uprising and Uzbek military crackdown in Andijon.
Yakubzhanov was detained on 18 July, more than two months after the mid-May tragedy, as he tried to cross into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan to investigate the violent uprising and Uzbek military crackdown in Andijon.