Kyrgyz High Court Overturns Six-Year Sentence for Anti-Corruption Reporter

The Kyrgyz Supreme Court overturned the six-year sentence of investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy of Temirov Live and ordered a new trial following international pressure, including interventions by U.N. bodies; among the 11 journalists detained in January 2024, one was later pardoned, two were released on probation, and the rest were acquitted, while rights groups denounce the prosecutions as an effort to suppress independent media.