Awarded CPJ’s 2012 International Press Freedom Award, Kyrgyzstan journalist Azimjon Askarov is serving a life sentence in retaliation for his reporting. In a special report, CPJ documented the torture, lack of evidence, and fabricated charges leading to his sentence.
In reference to CPJ’s award to Askarov, The Journal of Turkish Weekly reports on a detailed 115-page document filed by Askarov’s lawyers to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the unfair trial and injustice leading to his imprisonment.