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Trial of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, relatives to continue in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, March 23 (Itar-Tass) - The trial of former President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev ousted last April, as well as a group of his relatives and other senior officials in his entourage will be continued in the Kyrgyzstan capital on Wednesday.
The trial began last autumn, but in December it was suspended after an explosive device went off near the Palace of Sports building where the court hearings were held. Nobody was killed in the explosion, only 2 police officers got minor injuries then. However, the meeting was postponed to a later date for security reasons.
This time the trial is held in the building of the department for
custodial guard and convoy of prisoners and detained persons under the
State Penitentiary Service. "All organisational issues, including related to ensuring security of the parties have been settled," the Supreme Court pledged. For example, only persons with special warrants are admitted to the courtroom. As for the media representatives, a monitor on which the hearings are broadcast live has been installed for them. "We do not exclude that the trial of the case will be dragged on for several weeks," one of the defendants' lawyers told Itar-Tass.
Kyrgyzstan's former president who fled the country after the
revolutionary events and settled in Minsk, is charged with involvement in the shooting on April 7, 2010 of demonstrations of opposition supporters in Bishkek's central square. About 90 people were killed and hundreds were injured. Also charged with abuse of office and mass killing of people are - Bakiyev's brother Zhanybek Bakiyev who headed the State Guard Service, as well as his eldest son Marat Bakiyev who worked as an advisor at the National Security Service. Other defendants in this case are former Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov, former National Security Council chief Murat Sutalinov and several other officials. However, most of them were charged in absentia, as they fled Kyrgyzstan after the revolution. Head of the secretariat of the ex-president Oksana Malevannaya, former head of the presidential administration Kanybek Zhoroyev and former Prosecutor General Nurlan Tursunkulov left the country when the trial began. However, the latter returned to Bishkek several days ago.
A total of 27 persons are charged within this case. Among them there are several officers of the State Guard Service and the Alpha special task force unit.
In April 2010, after bloody riots in the capital overturned the
government, Bakiyev reportedly fled to the southern city of Osh. The head of the new provisional government, Roza Otunbayeva, declared that Bakiyev had not resigned and was trying to rally support. On April 13, 2010, Bakiyev said he was willing to resign the presidency if his security was guaranteed. On April 15, 2010, at 19:00, Bakiyev left Kyrgyzstan for Kazakhstan, having signed a resignation letter. Otunbayeva stated that she would press ahead to bring Bakiyev to trial. On April 20, the Belarussian president, Alexander Lukashenko told his parliament that "Bakiyev and his family, four people in all, have been in Minsk since Monday evening, as guests...Today they are here under the protection of our state, and personally of the president." On April 21, Kurmanbek Bakiyev held a press conference in Minsk and stated "I, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, am the legally elected president of Kyrgyzstan and recognised by the international community. I do not recognise my resignation. Nine months ago the people of Kyrgyzstan elected me their president and there is no power that can stop me. Only death can stop me," and called Otunbayeva's administration an "illegitimate gang."
The 2010 Kyrgyzstan's uprising was a series of riots and
demonstrations across the country in April 2010 that led ultimately to the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The uprising stemmed from growing anger against Bakiyev's administration, rising energy prices, and the sluggish economy, and following closure by the government of several media outlets. Protesters took control of a government office in Talas on April 6, and on April 7 clashes between protesters and police in the capital Bishkek turned violent. At least 88 deaths and over 1,000 injuries have been confirmed.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev ousted last April, as well as a group of his relatives and other senior officials in his entourage will be continued in the Kyrgyzstan capital on Wednesday.
The trial began last autumn, but in December it was suspended after an explosive device went off near the Palace of Sports building where the court hearings were held. Nobody was killed in the explosion, only 2 police officers got minor injuries then. However, the meeting was postponed to a later date for security reasons.
This time the trial is held in the building of the department for
custodial guard and convoy of prisoners and detained persons under the
State Penitentiary Service. "All organisational issues, including related to ensuring security of the parties have been settled," the Supreme Court pledged. For example, only persons with special warrants are admitted to the courtroom. As for the media representatives, a monitor on which the hearings are broadcast live has been installed for them. "We do not exclude that the trial of the case will be dragged on for several weeks," one of the defendants' lawyers told Itar-Tass.
Kyrgyzstan's former president who fled the country after the
revolutionary events and settled in Minsk, is charged with involvement in the shooting on April 7, 2010 of demonstrations of opposition supporters in Bishkek's central square. About 90 people were killed and hundreds were injured. Also charged with abuse of office and mass killing of people are - Bakiyev's brother Zhanybek Bakiyev who headed the State Guard Service, as well as his eldest son Marat Bakiyev who worked as an advisor at the National Security Service. Other defendants in this case are former Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov, former National Security Council chief Murat Sutalinov and several other officials. However, most of them were charged in absentia, as they fled Kyrgyzstan after the revolution. Head of the secretariat of the ex-president Oksana Malevannaya, former head of the presidential administration Kanybek Zhoroyev and former Prosecutor General Nurlan Tursunkulov left the country when the trial began. However, the latter returned to Bishkek several days ago.
A total of 27 persons are charged within this case. Among them there are several officers of the State Guard Service and the Alpha special task force unit.
In April 2010, after bloody riots in the capital overturned the
government, Bakiyev reportedly fled to the southern city of Osh. The head of the new provisional government, Roza Otunbayeva, declared that Bakiyev had not resigned and was trying to rally support. On April 13, 2010, Bakiyev said he was willing to resign the presidency if his security was guaranteed. On April 15, 2010, at 19:00, Bakiyev left Kyrgyzstan for Kazakhstan, having signed a resignation letter. Otunbayeva stated that she would press ahead to bring Bakiyev to trial. On April 20, the Belarussian president, Alexander Lukashenko told his parliament that "Bakiyev and his family, four people in all, have been in Minsk since Monday evening, as guests...Today they are here under the protection of our state, and personally of the president." On April 21, Kurmanbek Bakiyev held a press conference in Minsk and stated "I, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, am the legally elected president of Kyrgyzstan and recognised by the international community. I do not recognise my resignation. Nine months ago the people of Kyrgyzstan elected me their president and there is no power that can stop me. Only death can stop me," and called Otunbayeva's administration an "illegitimate gang."
The 2010 Kyrgyzstan's uprising was a series of riots and
demonstrations across the country in April 2010 that led ultimately to the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The uprising stemmed from growing anger against Bakiyev's administration, rising energy prices, and the sluggish economy, and following closure by the government of several media outlets. Protesters took control of a government office in Talas on April 6, and on April 7 clashes between protesters and police in the capital Bishkek turned violent. At least 88 deaths and over 1,000 injuries have been confirmed.
