Member of Parliament of Kyrgyzstan Jyldyz Joldosheva expressed dissatisfaction with the release of the book An Hour a jackal, dedicated last year's riots in southern Kyrgyzstan, according to AKI. The subject of discontent was, inter alia, that the June events in the book are characterized as genocide of the Uzbek population.
The MP said that the approach of the authors is a one-sided. In addition, she accused them of overstating the data on the number killed by the Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan. In the book, she says, refers to the five thousand dead, while according to official Kyrgyz authorities killed hundreds of Uzbeks.
Earlier, unofficial sources claimed that the clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing thousands of Uzbeks. Official confirmation of this data is not received. The lists compiled by human rights activists in late 2010, appear on 423 victims. Most of them (300 people) – representatives of the Uzbek community. The Kyrgyz authorities, for their part, have also recognized that the majority of victims are Uzbeks.
The book Hour of the Jackal, is reported to have been published in Finland. According to Interfax, it is distributed in Russia and Turkey. Joldosheva stated that the paid edition of the rich separatists from Uzbekistan.
The deputy reported that she received the book from Moscow. In this regard, she stated a claim against the Russian security services. We say that we are strategic partners with Russia, then why the FSB is not stopped the distribution of these materials, or not told us? – Outraged Joldosheva.
The representative of the parliament demanded the find and punish not only authors but also publishers and distributors of the book Hour of the Jackal.
The clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, which were involved representatives of the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities, began on the night of June 11, 2010. A few days later riots went on the decline, the authorities have gradually bring the situation under control. During this time, had been killed several hundred people, destroyed and burned thousands of homes. More than 75,000 ethnic Uzbeks who fled the pogroms, fled to neighboring Uzbekistan. Later, the majority of refugees have returned to Kyrgyzstan.
Commenting on the investigation into the events of June, human rights activists have repeatedly drawn attention to the Uzbek bias (that is among the Uzbeks, the representatives of law enforcement agencies primarily seek to blame), but from the pogroms suffered most Uzbek side.
The Kyrgyz authorities denied these accusations. In this case the blame for the June event, they put on the Uzbek community leaders, as well as supporters of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and international terrorists.