Kyrgyzstan: WHRD sentence suspension cancelled (Update)
Event- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Initial Date
- Apr 5, 2024
- Event Description
A Kyrgyz court has sent a veteran anti-government political critic to prison, canceling a five-year suspended sentence after prosecutors argued it was too lenient. The April 5 ruling by the Bishkek City Court means 47-year-old Zarina Torokulova must serve out her sentence in a correctional colony. Bailiffs detained her immediately after the ruling was handed down. In January, Torokulova was found guilty of calling for mass disorder in a series of Facebook posts. She insisted she had nothing to do with them. A vocal critic of the government, Torokulova has twice run for a seat on the city council of the Kyrgyz capital.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 42.87559236920103
Longitude: 74.60093233701087
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 5 April 2024, Zarina Torokulova, WHRD and long-term critic of the Government, had her sentence suspension cancelled and was sent back to prison to serve her jail term on order by the City Court of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.