Kyrgyz Leader Tightens Controls as Political Fighting Escalates
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Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov banned demonstrations and imposed a curfew in the capital on Saturday a day after declaring martial law to curtail unrest as political fighting intensified following disputed parliamentary elections.
Jeenbekov sought to tighten restrictions in the capital, ordering people off the streets of Bishkek from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. local time, in an attempt to reassert his authority after demonstrators protesting the results of Sunday’s election overran the parliament building and released politician Sadyr Zhaparov and ex-President Almazbek Atambayev from prison.