Kyrgyzstan: USA, Finland and Ireland demand release of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov

The state delegation of Kyrgyzstan submitted a national report as part of the 35th session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review. The Republic submits a national report to the UPR to the UN member states every five years.

The delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General’s office, the Human Rights Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN in Geneva.

During the interactive dialogue, 89 UN member states made 232 recommendations to solve existing problems and strengthen the state’s human rights potential.

Thus, Brazil, Canada and Chile noted the importance of conducting thorough investigations, as well as strengthening measures taken to prevent torture in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan was recommended to pay attention to improving the conditions of people in closed institutions.

“Human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov should be released from a sentence of life imprisonment for humanitarian reasons, namely for health reasons,” said representatives from the United States, Finland and Ireland.