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Kyrgyzstan unrest: Ex-president rearrested as power struggle deepens
Kyrgyzstan's former president has been rearrested as the country's incumbent leader tries to shore up his power after days of unrest over a disputed election.
Security forces detained ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev in a raid on Saturday.
He had been freed by supporters days earlier in protests against last Sunday's contested parliamentary poll.
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On Saturday Kyrgyzstan's parliament named nationalist politician Sadyr Zhaparov as new prime minister, after his predecessor stepped down, opening up a power vacuum.
Mr Zhaparov is also among the several prominent politicians who were freed this week during the protests. He had been serving a prison sentence on charges of taking a government official hostage in 2013.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54493185
Security forces detained ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev in a raid on Saturday.
He had been freed by supporters days earlier in protests against last Sunday's contested parliamentary poll.
...
On Saturday Kyrgyzstan's parliament named nationalist politician Sadyr Zhaparov as new prime minister, after his predecessor stepped down, opening up a power vacuum.
Mr Zhaparov is also among the several prominent politicians who were freed this week during the protests. He had been serving a prison sentence on charges of taking a government official hostage in 2013.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54493185
