Tashiev Convicted in Coup Plot, Granted Probation Instead of Prison

The day after Kamchybek Tashiev's trial ended with a guilty verdict, the former head of the State Committee for National Security was spotted heading for the VIP section of Kurmanbek Stadium. That Tashiev was given probation after a coup plot conviction while Kyrgyz journalists and musicians sit in jail or exile for reporting on his family's corruption says everything that needs to be said about the character of justice and politics in Kyrgyzstan.