Seven defendants in the criminal case on an attempt to seize power, held in the Bishkek remand center 1, went on the indefinite hunger strike. The head of the National Center for Prevention of Torture, Bakyt Rysbekov, confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.
According to him, the staff of the center will monitor the health status of the arrested.
«So far, there have been no complaints about the state of health,» Bakyt Rysbekov said.
The State Penitentiary Service noted that they did not receive notifications from those kept in the remand center about the hunger strike.
Ravshan Dzheenbekov, Atai Beishenbek, Bektur Asanov, Klara Sooronkulova, Rita Karasartova, Perizat Suranova and Orozaiym Narmatova went on the hunger strike.
The arrested placed all responsibility for the consequences of the hunger strike personally on the president of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kamchibek Tashiev, Minister of Internal Affairs Ulan Niyazbekov, Prosecutor General Kurmankul Zulushev and the investigators, prosecutors and judges.
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.
