Kyrgyzstan's president, Askar Akayev, has ordered a review of some parliamentary poll results amid growing protests over alleged irregularities[, the BBC reported on Monday]. ...Kyrgyzstan is home to a US military base, set up after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And it's been an "ally in the war against terror."
The announcement came as opposition protesters seized two towns, including the country's second city Osh. ...
Protests in the south of the country started after run-off elections on 13 March [which the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) had declared fell short of democratic standards].
The opposition had only won a handful of seats in the nation's 75-seat parliament. ...
On Monday, some 1,000 protesters stormed the regional government building and police headquarters in Osh and forced police to flee. ...
The demonstrations came after about 10,000 people besieged and then burnt down the police station in Jalal-Abad on Sunday and blocked the airport's runway to prevent the government flying in re-enforcements. ...
Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev said the government was ready to talk to the protesters, and promised that force would not be used.
You don't think there could be a connection between that and the silence of the right, do you?
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