Last Updated: Thursday, 26 November 2009, 15:01 GMT  
Title Kyrgyz rights activist taken to psychiatric clinic
Publisher Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Country Kyrgyzstan
Publication Date 5 March 2009
Cite as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kyrgyz rights activist taken to psychiatric clinic, 5 March 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/49b68d1bc.html [accessed 27 November 2009]

Kyrgyz rights activist taken to psychiatric clinic

March 05, 2009

Police detain Maksim Kuleshov during a march in Bishkek in February 2008.Police detain Maksim Kuleshov during a march in Bishkek in February 2008.

A prominent Kyrgyz rights activist has been placed in a psychiatric clinic in Bishkek, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.

Maksim Kuleshov was detained by police in Bishkek on his way to stage a protest in front of a government building on March 4.

His colleague, Nazgul Turdubekova, told RFE/RL that Kuleshov was forced into the psychiatric clinic on March 5.

He was released several hours later.

Kyrgyz human rights activist Aziza Abdyrasulova told RFE/RL that Kuleshov received at least one injection while in the clinic, after which he lost consciousness.

He is reportedly feeling better now.

Topics: Abuse of psychiatry, Human rights activists,

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