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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek has transferred two jailed opposition politicians, Omurbek Tekebaev and Duishonkul Chotonov, to house arrest. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on August 21 sent the case of jailed opposition politicians Omurbek Tekebaev and Duishonkul Chotonov back to the Birinchi Mai district court in Bishkek, citing "newly revealed circumstances". Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The financial police in Bishkek have questioned a former Kyrgyz presidential candidate 10 days after he returned from nearly two years of self-imposed exile, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, on August 14 expressed his concern over the closure of the TV channel Aprel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and called for respect for diversity in the media in the Central Asian country. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan have added two more charges against arrested former President Almazbek Atambayev, a week after a siege of his residential compound left one police officer dead and scores injured, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, who surrendered to police last week after a deadly confrontation with security forces during his arrest last week, has been charged with murder and other serious crimes, Zamir Beishekeev, a senior official at the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office, said on August 13. Continue reading
