{"id":646,"date":"2020-12-01T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=129916"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:36:35","slug":"kyrgyz-supreme-court-cancels-atambaevs-conviction-sends-case-back-for-retrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/01\/kyrgyz-supreme-court-cancels-atambaevs-conviction-sends-case-back-for-retrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgyz Supreme Court Cancels Atambaev’s Conviction, Sends Case Back For Retrial"},"content":{"rendered":"
BISHKEK — Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has canceled the conviction and prison sentence of former President Almazbek Atambaev that was handed to him in June over his involvement in the illegal release of notorious crime boss Aziz Batukaev in 2013.<\/p>\n
Atambaev’s lawyer Zamir Jooshev told RFE\/RL late on November 30 that the Supreme Court ruled to send the case back to the Birinchi Mai district court in Bishkek for retrial. A reason for the decision was not immediately given.<\/p>\n
In August, the Bishkek City Court upheld a ruling sentencing Atambaev to 11 years and two months in prison in the high-profile case.<\/p>\n
Atambaev has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n