Kyrgyzstan court sentences ex-leader Atambayev to 11 years in absentia | Politics News

Former leader convicted on charges of corruption and participating in mass unrest in the Central Asian country.

A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced in absentia exiled former President Almazbek Atambayev to more than 11 years in prison on charges of corruption and participating in mass unrest in the Central Asian country.

Atambayev’s conviction and sentencing came on Tuesday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered a retrial of an earlier lower court conviction.

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