Kyrgyzstan: Detention of human rights defender Rita Karasartova is alarming sign of deepening repression

Kyrgyzstan detains activist Rita Karasartova without formal charges

Kyrgyzstan detained the prominent Kyrgyz human rights defender, Rita Karasartova without formal charges on Monday. Amnesty International denounced the detention as an “alarming sign of deepening repression.” Human rights activist Gul’shaiyr Abdirasulova and local media reported that the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Chui region arrested and questioned Karasartova after conducting a search at her home and confiscating several documen…

Kyrgyzstan: Detention of human rights defender Rita Karasartova is alarming sign of deepening repression

Reacting to the detention of prominent Kyrgyzstani human rights defender Rita Karasartova, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:“The detention of Rita Karasartova is a troubling development in Kyrgyzstan’s deepening crackdown on civic space. It appears linked solely to her public engagement with a politically sensitive case.”“Kyrgyzstani authorities must immediately provide a clear legal bas…

The woman was detained on suspicion of calling for mass riots (she was also charged with the Kempir-Abad case), a few hours after she published a letter from Tilekmat Kurenov, an activist who disappeared in the UAE. She is in the temporary holding facility for 48 hours, her family is afraid that the court will place her under arrest in a pre-trial detention center