The Bishkek city court refused to change the preventive measure to the arrested Kyrgyz ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, TASS reported from the building of the State Committee for National Security, where the meeting was held.

The decision on his arrest was upheld at least until August 26 by the Bishkek city court.

The Bishkek City Court violated many laws while making a decision, including guarantees of the ex-president’s activities, said Atambayev’s lawyer Sergey Slesarev.