Despite national laws, representatives from the media, the OSCE and the International League on People's Rights are not allowed to attend the trial. Only one Kyrgyz newspaper has published a brief report but it was barred from stating the facts of the trial. No other Kyrgyzstan newspaper has even mentioned the trial. Judge Ashimbek Uluu Nurlan, eight lawyers, three victims, and the Head of the Criminal Investigation Department were present at the trial. Lawyers involved in the case argue that since no state secrets are involved in the case there is no evidence that needs to be kept from public knowledge.
Defendants have significant reasons to doubt the objectivity of the court.
During the first day of the trial, lawyers read petitions and applications but did not announce the charges against the accused. The defendants do not even know what they were charged with. Give us the verdict that you have already arrived at.