Submitted to: Re: Allegation Letter Concerning Urgent Circumstances of Kyrgyz Journalist and Human Rights Defender Bolot Temirov

Temirov’s recent work includes reporting on corrupt activities of high-ranking customs official Raimbek Matraimov, and a groundbreaking investigation into the oil dealings of the family of Kamchybek Kydyrshaevich Tashiev, the head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB), with the Kyrgyz Petroleum Company.6 The GKNB is the national security organ of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...] Eight witnesses for the government were interviewed about the forgery, but none could actually show the court that Temirov himself submitted an application for the military ID with the serial number presented by the prosecution.17 Neither the former head of the passport office of the Ugensk Division, nor his employee could recall signing the passport forms.18 The prosecution presented a color copy. [...] 55 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan to the Human Rights Council, Reinforcing media freedom and the safety of journalists in the digital age, A/HRC/50/29, paras. [...] 57 Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, OL KGZ 4/2023 (Oct 2, 2023), available at: . [...] 10 the denial of fair trial rights, such as the presumption of innocence; violations of the right to be free from arbitrary detention; violations of the rights to nationality, and violations of the freedom of expression and the freedom of press.