25/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for the release of activist Azimjan Askarov. On Friday 22 April, the European Union called on the Kyrgyz Republic to immediately release the human rights and political activist and journalist, Azimjan Askarov, who has been imprisoned since 2010. On 21 April the UN Human Rights Committee concluded that Mr Askarov's human rights had been violated under a number of articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In light of this, the...