11:07, 29 декабря 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
Employees of the National Center for Prevention of Torture visited ex-deputy Orozaiym Narmatova, who is accused of organizing mass riots in order to seize power, and is being kept in Bishkek remand center 1.
Orozaiym Narmatova fainted in the courtroom when a petition to change the measure of restraint was considered. According to ambulance workers, Narmatova’s condition is satisfactory, her blood pressure is normal.
During a conversation with the employees of the center, the woman under investigation asked to tell her relatives that she was fine and that her relatives should not worry about her. She ended her hunger strike on December 28.
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.