[Opinion] CPJ, partners call on Kyrgyzstan to free journalist Tajibek kyzy

CPJ, partners call on Kyrgyzstan to free journalist Tajibek kyzy

Ahead of a February 2 decision by Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court, the Committee to Protect Journalists and seven other human rights groups called on Kyrgyzstan authorities to comply with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s opinion and release journalist Tajibek kyzy without delay. Director of anti-corruption investigative outlets Temirov Live and Ait Ait Dese, Tajibek kyzy was arrested in January 2024 and sentenced in October o…

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities must free journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy and quash her wrongful conviction

On 2 February, Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether to resume proceedings against independent investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy, after her defence lawyers filed a petition requesting a full re-examination of her wrongful conviction. The petition, which ultimately seeks her immediate release, follows a legal opinion published by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in October 2025. It concluded that Makh…