Relatives of Osh residents who were killed or went missing amid violent riots in southern Kyrgyzstan on June 10-14 have demanded that president Roza Otunbayeva and prosecutor general Baitemir Ibrayev sanction the application of the death penalty to those responsible for the most serious crimes during the unrest.
The relatives put forward their demands at a meeting with Otunbayeva and Ibrayev on the evening of July 30.
The people said they were "discontented with the way the events are being investigated" and demanded that all those suspected of fuelling the unrest and subjected to travel restrictions pending trial be taken into custody instead. In the relatives’ view, these people "must be isolated from society for their crimes, and the death penalty must be applied to those responsible for abductions and killings."
As many as 114 people are officially considered missing in Osh.
Prosecutor General Ibrayev said to the audience that "171 people have been detained in the course of the investigation under the criminal cases dealing with the mass unrest, and seven of them have been released on condition they not leave."
"The investigative bodies are completing the investigation under the cases dealing with mass unrest, and the documents will soon be passed to courts," Ibrayev said.
