Go to mediabankLaw enforcement officers in Bishkek. File photoBISHKEK, Oct 24The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek arrested several well-known politicians on suspicion of preparing mass riots and the subsequent seizure of power. These include the former presidential candidate of Kyrgyzstan Ravshan Dzheenbekov, ex-deputy Asiya Sasykbayeva and former Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov. Along with them, the court arrested several activists and journalists. Detentions of politicians and activists who oppose the transfer of the Kempir-Abad reservoir to Uzbekistan took place in Kyrgyzstan the day before. Among those detained are former presidential candidates, as well as a number of former deputies and members of the government. According to investigators, they were planning riots in Bishkek. On Monday afternoon, supporters of the detainees held a rally in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, who demanded that the authorities stop political repressions and keep the reservoir in the ownership of the republic. Several hundred people took part in the action. The Kempir-Abad reservoir is located in Kyrgyzstan, not far from the border with Uzbekistan. According to the draft agreement on the delimitation of the border between the two countries, it was planned to transfer the reservoir to Uzbekistan in exchange for 19,000 hectares of disputed territories, subject to the preservation of the rules for sharing water resources. A number of actions and rallies have already been held in Kyrgyzstan demanding not to give up the Kempir-Abad reservoir.
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