BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan's interim government faced its first large public protest Wednesday as supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev rallied in Bishkek to protest the dissolution of the parliament.
Hundreds of supporters of Bakiyev's Ak Zhol party and the Communist party allied with it gathered in front of the parliament building, along with hundreds of other people who went there to mourn those killed in the April clashes.
"Some of the protesters demanded that the parliament's power is restored," said human rights activist Toktoaim Umetaliyeva.
The protest followed a brief detention of Communist leader Iskhak Masaliyev, who was questioned by prosecutors over the April events.