September 5, 2024
Kyrgyzstan: Overturn Decision to Liquidate Kloop Media
![Protesters flash the light of their mobile phones during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 25, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/01/202301eca_Kyrgyzstan_RFE_RL.jpg?h=6589e450&itok=hFEHvr-W)
The following statement can be attributed to Bill Van Esveld, acting Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch:
“There is never a justification for taking hostages or killing or mistreating them. Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip should release the civilian hostages, and Israeli authorities should share information about those whose bodies have been recovered with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).”