“Gulnara Jurabayeva, Taalaibek Madaminov, Chyngyz Kaparov and Ilgiz Shamenov are not allowed to leave the isolation ward despite doctors’ recommendations. And after serious operations, Mambetzhunus Abylov and Klara Sooronkulova were again sent to a pre-trial detention center, despite the need for a rehabilitation period for them. We believe that this is being done at the direction of the authorities,” the appeal says.
In October 2022, police detained about 30 activists, politicians and human rights defenders on charges of preparing to organize mass riots. It is known that all those arrested publicly criticized the transfer of the Kempir-Abad reservoir to Uzbekistan and believe that these statements were the reason for their arrest.
The investigation, relying on audio recordings from the meetings of the Committee for the Defense of Kempir-Abad, stated that those present were preparing full-scale rallies and wanted to seize power.
At the same time, not all of those arrested in the case were at the meeting, which the investigation speaks of, and not all were members of the committee for the defense of Kempir-Abad. Despite this, the indictments of all defendants in the case are similar. Most of the detainees are still in custody in SIZO-1 in Bishkek.
In January 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs completely classified the Kempir-Abad case, which outraged defense lawyers, who considered such a decision unreasonable. On March 15, the Bishkek City Court partially removed the secrecy stamp from this case.