Kyrgyz border-deal activists on trial reject accusation of collusion with foreign diplomat
Two dozen Kyrgyz politicians, journalists, and activists on trial over protests against a Kyrgyz-Uzbek border deal have rejected President Sadyr Japarov’s allegation that an organizer of the protests “received money from the ambassador” of an unnamed country, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. The activists said in a December 19 statement on Facebook that they demanded evidence proving that