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Joint Letter to the EU on Detention of Azimjon Askarov in Kyrgyzstan

…     Re: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Azimjon Askarov in Kyrgyzstan   Dear Ms. Mogherini, Dear Minister … authorities to immediately release human rights defender Azimjon Askarov from prison.   Azimjon Askarov’s wrongful …
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Kyrgyzstan Must Answer for the Death of Activist Azimjon Askarov

… Azimjon Askarov, a human rights defender from Kyrgyzstan, may have  … the cause of death, but we must be very clear: What killed Askarov was 10 years of human rights violations compounded by … death. … Kyrgyzstan Must Answer for the Death of Activist Azimjon Askarov …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Open letter to the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov

Case of Azimjon Askarov

… detention of human rights defender and journalist Azimjon Askarov. We would like to call upon you to urgently release … Committee called on your Government to immediately release Azimjon Askarov and for his conviction to be quashed. We call …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Kyrgyzstan: UN Calls for Activist’s Release

Free Azimjon Askarov; Quash Conviction

… called for Kyrgyzstan to release a human rights defender, Azimjon Askarov, and to quash his conviction, Human Rights Watch said … trial. “Kyrgyzstan shouldn’t wait another day to release Azimjon Askarov, who has been languishing in prison for six …
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Veteran Rights Defender Languishes in Kyrgyzstan Jail

European Union Should Press for Azimjon Askarov’s Release

… For the last eight and a half years, Azimjon Askarov, a 68-year-old human rights defender from Kyrgyzstan, … to set Askarov free. … European Union Should Press for Azimjon Askarov’s Release … Veteran Rights Defender …
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Kyrgyzstan Should Grant Rights Defender His Freedom

Azimjon Askarov’s Final Appeal to Be Heard May 13

… freedom before Kyrgyzstan’s highest court  this week.   Azimjon Askarov, who is serving a lifetime sentence after multiple, … his continued detention. Grant Askarov his freedom. … Azimjon Askarov’s Final Appeal to Be Heard May 13 … …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Kyrgyzstan: Human Rights Defender Dies in Prison

Hold Authorities Accountable for Azimjon Askarov’s Needless Death

… (Berlin, July 25, 2020) – Human rights defender, Azimjon Askarov, has died in prison in Kyrgyzstan , Human Rights … and moral problem.”   … Hold Authorities Accountable for Azimjon Askarov’s Needless Death … Kyrgyzstan: Human Rights …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Kyrgyzstan: Free Human Rights Defender, Ensure Fair Retrial

Azimjon Askarov Sentenced to Life in Prison After Unfair Hearings

… a fair and public retrial for the rights defender, Azimjon Askarov, and his co-defendants and to free him pending the … first step would be to correct yesterday's injustice." … Azimjon Askarov Sentenced to Life in Prison After Unfair …
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Kyrgyzstan’s Coronavirus Response Should Let Activist Go Free

Unjust Detention of Azimjon Askarov Puts His Health at Risk

… crisis presents serious risks to Kyrgyzstan’s prisoners. Azimjon Askarov , one of Kyrgyzstan’s most prominent human rights … exposure to the virus in detention. … Unjust Detention of Azimjon Askarov Puts His Health at Risk … Kyrgyzstan’s …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Kyrgyzstan Should Release Seriously Ill Rights Defender

Azimjon Askarov at Risk of Covid-19 Exposure, Requires Urgent Medical Care

… Human rights defender Azimjon Askarov has spent 10 years in prison in Kyrgyzstan. He is now … needs. Doing so has become a matter of life and death. … Azimjon Askarov at Risk of Covid-19 Exposure, Requires Urgent …
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Will Justice Prevail in Kyrgyzstan?

Retrial of Askarov Should Bring his Release

… Azimjon Askarov has been wrongfully languishing in a Kyrgyzstan jail … free. I remember how a couple of years before his arrest , Askarov and I and a group of human rights activists gathered … to the dance floor of a café where we had eaten dinner. Azimjon Askarov, now 65, not only worked hard to expose …
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Kyrgyzstan: Free Ailing Rights Defender

Appeal Pending for Azimon Askarov, Convicted in Unfair Trial

… should release the ailing human rights defender Azimjon Askarov and quash his conviction after an unfair trial, Human … that called for Askarov’s release and quash his case. “Azimjon Askarov’s imprisonment is a serious stain on …
Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
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Dispatches: Merkel Should Make First-Ever Chancellor Visit to Kyrgyzstan Count

German Leader Should Call for Release of Activist Askarov

… is patchy. Legal proceedings this week on the case of Azimjon Askarov, a 65-year-old rights defender, are a case in point. … violence there that summer. There is strong evidence Askarov, who is in ill-health, was tortured in prison. Many …
Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, April 1, 2015.
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Kyrgyzstan: UPR Submission 2014

Updated in December 2014

… into the violence, including that of human rights defender Azimjon Askarov, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2010 on … for Kholmirzaev’s death. Wrongful Imprisonment of Azimjon Askarov During its last UPR, Kyrgyzstan accepted a …
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Kyrgyzstan’s unfinished business

… crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan at that time, the case of  Azimjon  Askarov stands out as a particularly egregious miscarriage of … Uzbeks in the south, a feeling of vulnerability persists. Azimjon aka Azimjon aka, as we call him to show respect …
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HRW Letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov

… or other glaring violations of fair trial standards.  Free Azimjon Askarov We call on you as a matter of utmost urgency to release the wrongfully imprisoned human rights defender Azimjon Askarov, who was accused of participating in the …