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Kyrgyz Opposition Urges President, Premier To Resign

May 05, 2007

(RFE/RL)

BISHKEK, May 5, 2007 (RFE/RL)  -- The Kyrgyz opposition bloc United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan has called for the resignation of the country's leadership and the formation of a new coalition government.


The bloc also demanded an end to what it said was the persecution of the opposition, and an investigation into the death of a United Front member who was found dead in a pretrial detention cell in the eastern town of Naryn in April.

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