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Kyrgyzstan: Detention of Human Rights Defender Rita Karasartova is Alarming Sign of Deepening Repression
If Karasartova is being detained for exercising her right to freedom of expression, she must be released immediately and unconditionally.
April 15, 2025
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Kyrgyzstan: Acquittal in “Kempir-Abad Case” Is a Victory for Justice and Human Rights
We join with Kyrgyzstani civil society, particularly women human rights defenders who have worked hard on the case, to applaud…
June 14, 2024
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Supreme Court’s decision in Kyrgyzstan leaves Azimjan Askarov languishing in prison
The conviction of Azimjan Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek wrongly imprisoned for his work documenting tragic ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan…
May 13, 2020
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Amnesty and Sofar Sounds partner for Write for Rights concert and letter writing event
On Saturday, December 8, human rights organization Amnesty International USA in partnership with live music events startup Sofar Sounds will…
November 30, 2018
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Amnesty International launches world’s biggest human rights campaign
Women human rights defenders around the world are facing unprecedented levels of abuse, intimidation and violence, said Amnesty International as…
November 28, 2018
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Kyrgyzstan: New rape case highlights need for immediate action to end appalling “bride kidnapping” practice
The Kyrgyzstani authorities must ramp up their efforts to put an immediate end to the appalling practice of “bride kidnapping”,…
June 15, 2018
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Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan leaves 65-year-old Prisoner of Conscience languishing in jail
The failure of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan to release 65-year old human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Azimjan…
July 12, 2016
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Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan to decide on the high profile case of prisoner of conscience Azimjan Askarov
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Azimjan Askarov, a human rights defender serving a life sentence on fabricated charges,…
July 6, 2016
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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
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Kyrgyzstani Authorities Fail to Investigate Human Rights Violations
A year since ethnic violence in which hundreds of thousands were displaced, crimes against humanity, including torture, rape and murder…
June 8, 2012
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Amnesty International Warns Lack of Justice in Kyrgyzstan Could Fuel New Violence
Failure to deliver justice for the killing, rape and torture of civilians could lead to further clashes, Amnesty International warned…
June 8, 2011