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By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK, July 2 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's former security chief, chief prosecutor and parliamentary speaker were convicted along with five others on Thursday for plotting to ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek » Security: Kyrgyzstan charges ousted ex-security boss with coup plot, lawyer says
BISHKEK, May 12 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan authorities have charged eight people, including powerful ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, with plotting to seize power from President Sadyr Japarov, who ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek » Security: Kyrgyz Security Forces Cordon Off Parts Of Bishkek Amid Violence
The Kyrgyz government said 28 people were injured, including three foreigners, in an incident that took place in Bishkek on the night of May 17-18. The violence was apparently triggered by a video of ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek » Security: Bishkek University Reportedly Calm After Mob Violence That Injured At Least 29
BISHKEK -- The situation in Bishkek was stable late on May 18, police said, after mob violence against foreign students injured at least 29 people, including several foreigners, and triggered ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek » Security: Kyrgyzstan accuses sacked security chief of corruption as purge widens
BISHKEK, March 16 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan’s tax authority on Monday published a video accusing ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev of corruption, amid a widening purge of his allies. Tashiev, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Bishkek » Security: Kyrgyzstan: Ex-state security chief to be tried behind closed doors
Not too long ago, Kamchybek Tashiev was chasing down supposed coup plotters right and left. Now, Kyrgyzstan’s tough-talking ex-state security chief stands accused of plotting a coup of his own.