Kyrgyzstan opposition

A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced a member of parliament and a close ally of the runner-up in recent presidential elections to 12 years in prison on corruption charges. The judge at Pervomaisky court in Bishkek ruled on January 4 to find Kanatbek Isayev guilty of abusing the tender process during the ...

The killing took place less than a month after a court in Bishkek convicted Aida Salyanova on charges of abusing her office. Share. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on В Контакте · Share on Google+ · Email to a Friend · Share on LinkedIn. Print. A man suspected of killing a brother of former ...

BISHKEK -- The leader of Kyrgyzstan's Ata-Meken (Fatherland) opposition party has been convicted on a corruption charge that he contends is politically motivated. A court in Bishkek ruled on December 19 that Almambet Shykmamatov illegally arranged the purchase of a Mercedes for his wife using state ...

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyz opposition politician and former presidential candidate Omurbek Babanov has called efforts to impound the property of his television channel in Bishkek a "seizure by raid." Babanov wrote on Facebook on December 20 that the steps taken against NTS, the largest private TV station in ...

BISHKEK -- Documents related to the criminal case against imprisoned Kyrgyz opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev have been stolen from his lawyer's house in Bishkek, the lawyer says. The accusation from attorney Kanat Khasanov came a day after a brother of a fellow leader of Tekebaev's Ata-Meken ...

At the start of August, the leaders of three political parties in Kyrgyzstan announced they were joining forces and putting forward a single candidate for the October 15 presidential election. Bakyt Torobayev of the Onuguu-Progress party, Adakhan Madumarov of Butun Kyrgyzstan, and Kamchibek Tashiyev ...

BISHKEK -- A Kyrgyz court has sentenced opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev and his co-defendant to eight years in prison each on corruption charges. A court in Bishkek found Tekebaev and former Emergency Situations Minister Duishonkul Chotonov guilty of bribe-taking on August 16. The court also ...

BISHKEK -- The politically-charged bribery trial of Kyrgyz opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev was interrupted on August 15 when an ambulance was called after the defendant felt ill. Tekebaev's lawyer, Chynara Jakupbekova, told RFE/RL that Tekebaev's blood pressure was high and that he needed ...

BISHKEK -- A judge in Kyrgyzstan is expected to announce a verdict next week in the politically-charged bribery trial of Kyrgyz opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev. The verdict and sentence had been expected on August 11 in the trial, which Tekebaev's Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party says is a politically ...

BISHKEK -- The leader of Kyrgyzstan's opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party, Omurbek Tekebaev, has gone on trial on corruption charges he says are politically motivated. The Birinchi Mai District Court in Bishkek began the trial of Tekebaev and former Emergencies Minister Duishonkul Chotonov on ...