Kempir-Abad case: Defendants go on hunger strike

09:43, 20 мая 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA

Defendants in the so-called Kempir-Abad case went on a hunger strike. They wrote about it in a statement.

According to them, they went on a hunger strike in protest against the transfer of Ilgiz Shamenov, Ravshan Dzheenbekov to other cells, and Atai Beishenbek to a punishment cell.

«We demand to stop the moral and psychological pressure on the defendants in the case, Ravshan Dzheenbekov, Ilgiz Shamenov, Atai Beishenbek should be transferred to the cells where they were kept before. Transfers from one cell to another must also be stopped,» the statement says.

The accused sent a letter to the National Center for Prevention of Torture and the Ombudsman’s Institute.

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 27 people in jail on charges of preparing for riots.

On April 12, the court changed the measure of restraint for Klara Sooronkulova, Gulnara Dzhurabaeva, Mambetzhunus Abylov and several other defendants in this criminal case to house arrest.