At least a dozen activists and politicians in Kyrgyzstan have been detained in what their supporters say is a reprisal for their opposition to a government plan to hand over a reservoir to Uzbekistan as part of a historic border demarcation agreement. Demonstrators held a picket in the evening on October 23 to demand the release of the arrested people and an end to political persecution. The day began with police searches of the homes of multiple members of a newly created group dubbed the Committee for the Protection of Kempir-Abad. Many of the people targeted in this way – including oppositi…