The police chief of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, has been dismissed and dozens of other senior officers punished over the handling of a suspected murder-suicide that has mobilized public anger over the ongoing practice of "bride kidnapping."

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Bishkek Police Chief Fired, Officers Punished Over Kidnapped 'Bride' Killing In Kyrgyzstan

Voters in Kyrgyzstan will cast ballots Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president’s powers in this impoverished Central Asian nation.The referendum comes three months after Sadyr Zhaparov was elected president, following the ouster of the previous president amid protests, the third time in 15 years that a leader of Kyrgyzstan had been driven from office in a popular uprising

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Prosecutors in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, have launched a criminal investigation into possible official negligence in the case of a suspected murder-suicide that has mobilized public anger over the ongoing practice of "bride kidnapping."

Kyrgyz Prosecutors Open Negligence Case After Kidnapped 'Bride' Killing

Hundreds of people rallied in front of Kyrgyzstan's interior ministry on Thursday to demand the resignation of its leadership for what they called police inaction over the murder of a kidnapped woman.

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Sadyr Japarov and Javad Zarif meet in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek - Anadolu Agency

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