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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
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — About 20 men and women rallied outside a building housing several European countries' embassies in Kazakhstan's capital, Nur-Sultan, demanding that the authorities immediately release jailed politicians and activists, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported on August 12. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz presidential candidate Omurbek Babanov, who fled the country amid a criminal probe, returned to Kyrgyzstan from his self-imposed exile in Moscow on August 9. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyz special police forces have arrested former President Almazbek Atambayev after they stormed his residential compound in Koi-Tash village near Bishkek defended by hundreds of Atambayev’s supporters, 24.kg news agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former President Almazbek Atambayev on August 8 said he and his supporters will head to the Media Forum building in Bishkek, which he owns and which houses his Aprel TV company, from where he will lead the group to the government building for a rally. However, the planned rally has been cancelled, Akipress news agency reported with reference to Atambayev’s supporters. At about 4.20 pm Atambayev’s supporters started moving from his residential compound in Koi-Tash village to Bishkek but were forced back by police who used stun grenades. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyz forces withdrew from the village where former President Almazbek Atambayev resides early on August 8 after an unsuccessful attempt to arrest him in a raid that left one serviceman dead and 45 people hospitalized with injuries, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
