Kyrgyzstan: environmental WHRDs had their acquittal appealed by the Prosecutor's office (Update)
Event- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Initial Date
- Jul 12, 2024
- Event Description
On 12 July 2024, the General prosecutor's office in Kyrgyzstan filed a second appeal against the Pervomaiskyi District Court's decision from 14 June 2024 on the Kempir-Abad case. In this decision, the Court acquitted and released women human rights defenders Klara Sooronkulova, Rita Karasartova, Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Asya Sasykbayeva, and other members of the Committee to Protect Kempir-Abad water reserve. The General prosecutor's office, in their second appeal, have requested the Bishkek City Court panel to overturn the acquittal decision and to find all members guilty.
Initially, on 28 June 2024, the General prosecutor's office requested that the Pervomaiskyi District Court reconsider the case with a different judicial composition.
The women human rights defenders were initially charged with “conspiring to organize mass riots” under Article 36-278 of the Criminal Code, when they were first detained in October 2022. In January 2023, they faced an additional aggravated charge of “forcible seizure of power” under Article 326. The prosecutor demanded 20 years of imprisonment and property confiscation as sanctions.
The women human rights defenders are now awaiting the dates for their new trial.
- Impact of Event
- 5
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Woman
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 42.89396410923544
Longitude: 74.59605534711352
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 12 July 2024, Klara Sooronkulova, Rita Karasartova, Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Asya Sasykbayeva, environmental WHRDs, and other members of the Committee to Protect Kempir-Abad water reserve had their acquittal from the Pervomaiskyi District Court's appealed by the General Prosecutor's office, that demanded the overturn of the decision in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.