Akyl Orozbekov

A camera operator for the Temirov Live newsroom.

One of eleven former and current employees of the Temirov Live project who were detained in January 2024 and charged under an article concerning ‘calls for active disobedience to the lawful demands of government officials and mass disorder, as well as calls for violence against citizens’. The prosecution sought a six-year prison sentence. On 10 October 2024, he was acquitted.

2020s

Cameramen Journalists Temirov Live

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The Final Statement

‘Your Honour, I expect nothing but a fair decision from you.’

Your Honour, esteemed participants in the proceedings, I believe that the course of the trial has confirmed the innocence of all eleven journalists on trial here. Your Honour, I expect nothing but a fair decision from you.

The original final statement was delivered in Kyrgyz:

Урматтуу сот, урматтуу процесстин катышуучулары, мен ойлойм, сот процесстеринин жүрүшү ушул жерде айыпталып жаткан он бирибиздин эч кандай күнөөбүз жок экенин тастыктады. Мындан ары урматтуу сот, чечим чыгаруучу сизден адилеттүү чечим чыгарышыңызды гана күтөм.

3 October 2024
Leninsky District Court, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Source: audio recording made in the courtroom
Read more about the case: https://kaktus.media/doc/495057_akyl_orozbekov:_ia_prostoy_tehnik_v_smi.html
Photo: Azattyk