The day before, judge of Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek, Marat Sydykov, sentenced the journalist Zulpukar Sapanov to 4 years to be served in a colony with reinforced regime. He was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
The journalist was convicted of inciting inter-religious strife under Article 299 of the Criminal Code of the
The lawyer of the convict Akhmat Alagushev said that he would appeal the verdict.