Former employee of the Academy of Sciences Zhoomart Karabaev was detained by the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS). Human rights activist Gulshayir Abdirasulova reported on social media.
According to her, he previously openly expressed his disagreement with the activities of the security service and refused to participate in examinations in a number of cases.
«The lawyer said that Zhoomart is suspected of committing an act under Article 278, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic — Calls for mass riots. The lawyer believes that there are no grounds for suspicion of committing this crime, and hopes that the case will be dismissed,» Gulshayir Abdirasulova posted.
The former researcher at the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Zhoomart Karabaev, previously testified in the case of publicist Olzhabai Shakir, who was sentenced to five years in prison in May 2024 in the case on organizing mass riots.
