Kyrgyzstan: Free Ailing Rights Defender
Appeal Pending for Azimon Askarov, Convicted in Unfair Trial
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_kyrgyzstan_askarov.jpg?itok=jEMWmJMm)
Appeal Pending for Azimon Askarov, Convicted in Unfair Trial
Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Held 3 Years on Fabricated Charges
Huda Al-Sarari Courageously Documented UAE-Run Secret Prisons in Yemen
Authorities’ Comments on Victim’s Mother Are Stigmatizing
February 18, 2020
87th pre-session
Longstanding Impunity Fuels Abuses by Police, Gendarmes
Restrict Powers, Free Detainees, Hold Violators to Account
Clear Konstantin Kotov of All Charges, Repeal Repressive Protest Law
Detainees Faced Torture, Bogus Charges, Unfair Trials
Xu Zhiyong Detained Amid Crackdown on Activists
Renews Arms Embargo, Asset Freeze Against State-Owned Military Company