On 9 July 2024, the Leninskiy District Court of Bishkek heard the testimonies of 11 human rights defenders and journalists, former and current employees of Temirov Live media-outlet and Ayt Ayt Dese media project. The next court session is scheduled for 18 July 2024. The Judge prohibited the journalists to record the hearing on video; many attendees were not allowed in the court room due to the size of the space, as it could barely fit all the detainees.

On 5 July 2024, human rights defenders and journalists Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy, Azamat Ishembekov, Aktylek Kaparov, and Ayke Beyshekeeva attended the court hearing wearing T-shirts that read “Ak iilet, birok synbait,” (which translates from Kyrgyz as ‘the truth bends, but does not break’). On 6 July 2024, the prison authorities of the State Penitentiary Service raided the incarceration units of Pre-trial Detention Centre #1, where the four human rights defenders are being detained, and confiscated these t-shirts, yet another act which silences these journalists. On 8 July 2024, their lawyers filed complaints regarding the unlawful search with the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ombudsman's Institute, and the National Center for the Prevention of Torture. On 9 July 2024, the State Penitentiary Service announced that it has opened an investigation into the incident.