The trial of Amangeldy Batyrbekov: the motion is rejected

Hearing of Amangeldy Batyrbekov's case continued in the appeal court оn November 22 at 10 AM. The defendant made a motion that the courtroom clerk of the court of first instance be questioned as a witness. The purpose of such interrogation was to prove that the first two court sessions were conducted in the absence of the defendant. The panel of judges of the Turkestan Regional Court, including Talgat Ongarbayev, Ashirbek Rakhymbaev and presiding judgeTaubay Kadyrbaev, rejected the motion.

As it was reported,  on September 23, 2019, the Saryagash district court of the Turkestan region found sentenced civil activist, editor of the newspaper Saryagash info Amangeldy Batyrbekov guilty in defamation and insult and sentenced him to two years and 3 months in prison. The victim is Bakhtiyar Abdiev, the head of the education department of the Keles region, of whom Batyrbekov  published a number of critical posts on his Facebook page.