CCPR/C/116/D/2231/2012 on 15 June 2010 he was brought to the prosecutor for questioning as a witness. His house was searched, and the police officers found 10 ammunition cartridges for a pistol and other items. 4.5 On 16 June 2010, the author was detained as a suspect, in the presence of a lawyer, Mr. Myrzakulov. On 17 June, the author was charged with committing several crimes, specifically under article 233, paragraphs 2 and 3, and article 299, paragraph 2, subparagraphs 1 and 3, of the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan.3 The same day, the BazarKorgon District Court ordered the author’s detention.4,5 4.6 The State party submits that the Bazar-Korgon District Court found the author guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.6 Seven other co-defendants were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The author appealed the decision, which was upheld first by the Zhalal-Abad Regional Court on 10 November 2010. 4.7 On 23 November 2010, the author appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. Except for minor changes that concerned the author’s co-defendants, the decision of the lower court was upheld. 4.8 As is evident from the court verdict, the author is charged with complicity to kill a law enforcement officer. He did not kill the officer himself, but he directed others to do so. This evidence was revealed in the court testimonies of nine police officers.7 Numerous other law enforcement officers testified that the author was present at the same time and location as the angry mob when the police officer was killed.8 4.9 The State party further submits that the author’s claims regarding torture and illtreatment are not supported by evidence. The police investigator, B. Karimov, in his testimony on 14 May 2013, reported that he was able to locate the author on 15 or 16 June 2010 and asked him to proceed to the police station. After the author was brought to the police station, the investigator did not participate in the questioning, but reported that no physical violence was used. 4.10 Another police officer, A. Oskonbaev, also participated in bringing the author to the police station. He then questioned the author for about 10 minutes, and did not witness any violence. Afterwards, the author was questioned as a witness by the deputy prosecutor, Z. 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 Article 233 - Organization of mass riots attended by violence, pogroms, arson, the destruction of property, the use of firearms, explosives, or explosive devices, and also armed resistance to government representatives. Article 299 - Actions aimed at the incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity, abasement of human dignity, and propaganda for the exceptionality, superiority, or inferiority of individuals by virtue of their belonging to a religious, national, or racial group, From 16 June to 27 July 2010, the authorities also detained and charged several other defendants. Several other suspects were able to avoid arrest and were charged in absentia. This decision was appealed, but the Zhalal-Abad Regional Court and the Supreme Court upheld the decision. The author was found guilty of committing several crimes under the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan. His final sentence was calculated by combining several sentences. The most serious charge, punishable by life imprisonment, was under articles 30 and 340 of the Criminal Code: complicity to kill a law enforcement officer. Several of the police officers testified that they heard the author hurling insults at ethnic Kyrgyz people. The State party submitted extensive reports regarding testimonies by various law enforcement officers and other witnesses. All the reports support the author’s conviction. The reports further attempt to show that the investigation into the circumstances of the events was conducted without bias against the author based on his activity as a human rights defender or his Uzbek ethnicity.