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Kyrgyzstan: Azimjon Askarov’s Family Awaits Justice Internal Inquiry Closed, Effective Independent Investigation Needed 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, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016.  © 2020 AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin (Berlin) – Kyrgyz authorities should fulfill their obligation to carry out a thorough, independent investigation into the death in custody of the human rights defender Azimjon Askarov on July 25, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today after a government authority ended its investigation. The probe conducted by Kyrgyzstan’s prison service concluded that Askarov died from Covid-19-related complications and denied that he was mistreated in prison. But since the inquiry was conducted by the same authority that oversaw Askarov’s detention and medical care

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