On 25 April 2023, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyztan moved to press additional charges against all representatives of the Committee to Protect Kempir-Abad water reserve, including women human rights defenders Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Klara Sooronkulova, Rita Karasartova and Asya Sasykbayeva. All representatives, targeted since October 2022, are now being accused of “forcible seizure of power” a criminal offense stipulated by the Article 326 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Under this article alone women human rights defenders can face up to 15 years of prison time. These aggravated charges can also be a prerequisite for the law enforcement officials to return women human rights defenders Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Klara Sooronkulova, and Asya Sasykbayeva, who were recently released on house arrest to a pre-trial detention center.

On 12 April 2023, women human rights defenders Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Klara Sooronkulova, and Asya Sasykbayeva were released on house-arrest from pre-trial detention. On 19 April 2023, Pervomayskii District Court of the City of Bishkek ruled to extend woman human rights defender Rita Karasartova’s pre-trial detention until 20 June 2023. She is the only woman human rights defender detained in response to the work of the Committee to Protect Kempir-Abad water reserve who remains in pre-trial detention. Before the aggravated charges, the women human rights defenders were being accused of conspiring to organise mass riots, a criminal offense envisioned by Article 36-278 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.