Preliminary hearings of the so-called Kempir-Abad case continue in the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek. One of them was held on Friday.
It was closed. The lawyers of the defendants held in the Bishkek remand center 1 petitioned for a change in the measure of restraint.
The judge decided to place Atai Beishenbek and Rita Karasartova under house arrest.
A decision on the rest will be made on Monday, June 26.
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.
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.
