Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan sentences exiled former president to 11 years in absentia

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2025-06-04

A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced in absentia an exiled former president to more than 11 years in jail, on charges of corruption and participating in mass unrest in the Central Asian country. Almazbek Atambayev, president from 2011 to 2017, oversaw the republic's first peaceful handover of power between elected presidents, but troubles mounted after he quickly fell out with his hand-picked successor. Kyrgyzstan has been rocked by political turm......

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