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Letter to EBRD regarding legal punishment of human rights activist supporting Kumtor cyanide spill victims

Letter to EBRD regarding legal punishment of human rights activist supporting Kumtor cyanide spill victims

Advocacy letter    |    22 December 2009

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The letter addresses the Kyrgyz Republic’s Supreme Court decision to uphold a 2-year conditional sentence on Ms Baktygul Imankozhoeva, a doctor in the village of Barskoon near the EBRD-financed Kumtor gold mine, for abuse of official position.

The charges appear to be fabricated as a response to Ms Imankozhoeva’s advocacy on behalf of the victims of a 1998 cyanide spill from the mine, and form part of a continuing pattern of intimidation against her.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Social & economic impacts | Other harmful projects | Mining

Location: Kyrgyzstan

Project: Kumtor Gold Mine, Kyrgyzstan

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