Police officers detained Erkaiym Asankanova, a journalist for PolitKlinika, during a march for the rule of law along with its participants. She, along with the rest of the detainees, was put into a bus and taken to the Internal Affairs Department of Pervomaisky district of Bishkek.
The peaceful march for the rule of law was held on Tuesday in Bishkek with a demand to release the detained members of the Committee for protection of Kempir-Abad reservoir. On the way to the Government House, it participants were detained, put into buses and taken to the district police department.
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.
