Kyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees
(Bishkek, March 20, 2023) – Twenty-two civil activists, bloggers, journalists, and politicians who disagreed with the government over a border issue and are currently in pretrial facilities in Kyrgyzstan should be immediately released and their due process rights upheld, Human Rights Watch said today.
The detainees were initially placed under arrest