Kyrgyzstan: WHRD detained over critical social media posts
Event- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Initial Date
- Sep 9, 2023
- Event Description
The Birinchi Mai district court in Bishkek said on September 11 that well-known political activist Zarina Torokulova was sent to pretrial detention two days earlier until at least October 30 on unspecified charges. Torokulova was detained last week. Media reports said at the time that she was accused of involvement in "mass unrest." No further details were given. Neither Torokulova's lawyers nor her relatives have commented. Torokulova is known for her criticism of the Kyrgyz government in posts on social media.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Blogger/ Social Media Activist
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 42.79643493909356
Longitude: 74.56315643073891
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 September 2023, WHRD Zarina Torokulova, was detained by the State Committee for National Security over critical social media posts as confirmed by the Birinchi Mai district court in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.