By empty (11/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz human rights commissioner Tursunbai Bakir uulu has described the two-year moratorium on rallies proposed by the Kyrgyz Writers\' Union as unconstitutional. \"Commenting on the recent appeal of the Writers\' Union to the president and speaker of parliament on the need to impose a two year moratorium on rallies and meetings in Kyrgyzstan, the ombudsman said that the demand contradicts the constitution,\" the press service of the ombudsman told Interfax on Monday. \"The ombudsman notified parliament speaker Omurbek Tekebayev that the proposed moratorium won\'t conform with the provisions of the constitution or the Law \"on Free Organization of Peaceful and Unarmed Rallies and Demonstrations.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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