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

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.

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