13/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for immediate release of Azimjan Askarov. On Tuesday evening 12 July, the Spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) urged the authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic to release the civil rights activist Azimjan Askarov from detention, in line with the United Nations Human Rights Committee's recommendation, whilst awaiting the results of his new trial. Askarov has been imprisoned since 2010. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court of the...