Batmakan Zholbolduyeva

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Batma-bat, Blogger

Incident date: April 11, 2022

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: kloop.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Batken

Additional information:

Batken Regional Court upheld the decision to keep Batmakan Zholbolduyeva in custody. According to her lawyer, at the court session, Zholbolduyeva complained that she was threatened by the head and other employees of the temporary detention facility. «After the session, we went to the district police department and met the head of the temporary detention facility. After we left, he began to put pressure on Batmakan Zholboldueva, and she opened her veins», — said Suyunbaeva. A criminal case was opened against Zholbolduyeva in late March for negligent infliction of death. At that time, Arzygul Galymbetova, there journalist of the AKIpress news agency, died. According to investigators, the day before her death, she went to the local police with a complaint in which she indicated that the blogger Batma-Bat (Batmakan Zholbolduyeva) «hurt her honor and dignity».