The Bishkek City Court considered a measure of restraint against ex-deputy of Parliament Ravshan Dzheenbekov.
Lawyer Zamir Zhooshev asked to place the detainee under house arrest noting that he did not intend to flee.
«My client is a lawyer. According to the law, after detention of a lawyer, the investigator must send a notification to the Bar. However, this has not been done so far. His detention is illegal,» he said.
Ravshan Dzheenbekov himself confirmed that he did not intend to flee, and added that this arrest was the third in four years.
«The first time I was put in a pretrial detention center under Sooronbai Jeenbekov — in December 2019. Then I was offered to escape from the country to Europe or the USA. But I didn’t. I never intended to flee the country. Where can I flee if I have a family here?» he said.
Leaving the deliberation room, the judges read out the ruling, upholding the decision of the first instance.
The Committee for protection of Kempir-Abad reservoir was created on October 22. It includes activists, politicians and MPs. On the same day, in an interview with Kabar news agency, President Sadyr Japarov said: the authorities have information who was behind the rallies and marches on Kempir-Abad issue.
Mass arrests began on October 23. Authorities placed 26 people in jail on charges of preparing for riots.
A number of international human rights organizations such as the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), Freedom Now and others issued a statement calling for the immediate release of politicians and activists arrested in Kyrgyzstan.
