A court in Bishkek on March 20 transferred to house arrest Kubanychbek Kadyrov, a member of a Kyrgyz group on trial for protesting a border deal with Uzbekistan. Two days earlier, the court released another member of the group, politician Bektur Asanov, to get back surgery in Turkey. Of 27 members of the group, nine are now in custody, while others were transferred to house arrest earlier. The group's members, including activists, journalists, and politicians, were arrested in 2022 after they protested the controversial deal that saw Kyrgyzstan hand over the territory of the Kempir-Abad water reservoir to Uzbekistan. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
Another Member Of Kyrgyz Group That Protested Border Deal Transferred To House Arrest
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