# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alisher-saipov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:54:43.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alisher-saipov"
name: "Alisher Saipov"
slug: "alisher-saipov"
description: "Alisher Saipov was a Kyrgyzstani journalist of Uzbek ethnic origin and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Siyosat of the country's ethnic Uzbek minority, which reported on human rights abuses in neighboring Uzbekistan. Saipov often wrote articles critical of Uzbek President Islam Karimov and his government. He wrote extensively about torture in Uzbek prisons, the clampdown on dissent, and the rise of Islamic radicalism. He also worked as a correspondent for RFE/RL and Voice of America. He was shot dead at close range outside his downtown office in Osh in October 2007."
tagline: "Kyrgyzstani journalist (1981–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alisher_Saipov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1981-09-04"
deathDate: "2007-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             16.66666666666666
  historical:           5.935601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9E%E6%9D%8E%E6%B2%99%C2%B7%E8%A5%BF%E5%A0%B1%E4%B9%8E"
    title: "亞李沙·西報乎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "اليشير سايپوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alischer_Saipow"
    title: "Alischer Saipow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Saipov"
    title: "Alisher Saipov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Саипов, Алишер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Алишер Соҳибов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Saipov"
    title: "Alisher Saipov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360566"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump