Batmakan Zholboldueva - Justice for Journalists

Batmakan Zholboldueva

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: August 18, 2022

Attack type:

  • House arrest

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kaktus.media

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Batken

Additional information:

Blogger Batmakan Zholboldueva was released under house arrest. The decision was made in the Batken Regional Court. The lawyer of the accused petitioned to change the measure of restraint of Zholboldueva, the court granted the complaint of the defense and released the accused from custody. Zholboldueva is accused of several episodes. The first is hooliganism and resistance to a representative of authority or a person overseeing public order. The second charge concerns the use of a forged document, the third — causing death by negligence, and another one — violation of privacy.

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