The Bishkek City Court considered an appeal of the lawyer of the coordinator of Committee for Protection of Kempir-Abad reservoir, Mambetzhunus Abylov, to change the measure of restraint to house arrest.
On October 28, Mambetzhunus Abylov was taken into custody by the decision of the Pervomaisky District Court until December 20.
Having considered the appeal of the defense, the court left it without satisfaction. The decision of the district court was left unchanged.
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.
