CIAO DATE: 03/2011
July 2010
The Geneva Centre for Security Policy
On 7 April 2010 President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan was ousted from power following mass protest and violence in the capital city of Bishkek, with 84 people killed and over 1,000 wounded. Violence erupted in Osh and Jalabad on 10 June 2010, with 400,000 Kyrgyz citizens displaced and a state of emergency declared.
Resource link: Kyrgyzstan's Regime Change: Causes and Possible Consequences [PDF] - 321K