Kyrgyz revolt inspires Mongolians to protest
More than one thousand people marched in front of the Mongolian seat of government here demanding more democracy in a protest inspired by the revolt in Kyrgyzstan, witnesses said yesterday.
However the Friday protest, organised by the Just Society-Civic Movement (JSCM), was forced back by a strong police presence amid cries of "the struggle by protestors in Kyrghyzstan led to the victory."
Last Thursday crowds stormed the Kyrgyz White House compound housing the government and presidency in Bishkek and seized control of the government as discontent over earlier parliamentary elections boiled over.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev was appointed acting president and prime minister after veteran leader Askar Akayev was forced to flee. The revolt has also raised fears of further rebellions in other former communist countries.
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