2023-05-02 13:13:45
Human rights defender Rita Karasartova left in custody in SIZO-1 in Bishkek until June 20. This decision was made on May 2 by the Bishkek city court.
Karasartova has been in detention since October 2022, when she and about 30 other activists, politicians and human rights activists were detained in the Kempir-Abad case.
In addition to Karasartova, the court also left guarded politician Ravshan Dzheenbekov and activist Erlan Bekchoro uulu. Thus, the city court upheld the decision of the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek, according to which both will be in SIZO-1 until June 20, 2023.
Earlier, on April 12, Pervomaisky District Court let go some defendants in the Kempir-Abad case under house arrest.
Kempir-Abad case
In October 2022, police detained about 30 activists, politicians and human rights defenders on charges of preparing to organize mass riots. 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 Kempir-Abad defense committee, stated that those who had gathered were allegedly 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. 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 the defense lawyers, who considered such a decision unreasonable. March 15 Bishkek City Court partially removed the seal of secrecy from this case.
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