Kyrgyzstan Declares A State Of Emergency

Kyrgyzstan Declares State Of Emergency -- Al Jazeera

The Kyrgyz government calls for state of emergency after violent clashes between protesters and security forces.

Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency after bloody clashes between security forces and protesters over the arrests of dozens of demonstrators who cut off power to a Canadian-owned gold mine they want nationalised.

Prosecutors said that 92 people were arrested when security forces moved in to disperse the protest over the Kumtor mine, retake control of an electrical substation and dismantle their tents.

But this in turn sparked a new protest on Friday as thousands of locals began a march to call for the release of those detained, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and rubber bullets.

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