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Noted Kyrgyz Government Critic Loses Appeal Against Imprisonment


In January, Zarina Torokulova was found guilty of calling for mass disorders in a series of Facebook posts. (file photo)
In January, Zarina Torokulova was found guilty of calling for mass disorders in a series of Facebook posts. (file photo)

Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on July 3 rejected an appeal filed by veteran government critic Zarina Torokulova against her imprisonment on a charge of online calls for mass disorders. In April, a Bishkek court canceled Torokulova's five-year suspended sentence after prosecutors argued it was too lenient and ordered the 47-year-old Torokulova to serve her sentence in prison. In January, Torokulova was found guilty of calling for mass disorders 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 Bishkek city council. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.

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