# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/azimzhan-askarov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:36:10.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/azimzhan-askarov"
name: "Azimzhan Askarov"
slug: "azimzhan-askarov"
description: "Azimzhan Askarov was a Kyrgyzstani political activist who founded the group Vozduh in 2002 to investigate police brutality. Of ethnic Uzbek descent, during the 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes, which primarily targeted people of the Uzbek nationality, Askarov worked to document the violence."
tagline: "Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Azimzhan_Askarov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1951-05-17"
deathDate: "2020-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             4.319382647385984
  historical:           12.75151333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Azimjon Asqarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "ازيمزهان اسكاروڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fzimcan_%C6%8Fsk%C9%99rov"
    title: "Əzimcan Əskərov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Азімжан Аскараў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimjan_Askarov"
    title: "Azimjan Askarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimdschan_Askarow"
    title: "Asimdschan Askarow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimzhan_Askarov"
    title: "Azimzhan Askarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimjon_Asqarov"
    title: "Azimjon Asqarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "عظیم‌جان عسکروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimzhan_Askarov"
    title: "Azimzhan Askarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimjon_Asqarov"
    title: "Azimjon Asqarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimjon_Asqarov"
    title: "Azimjon Asqarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Аскаров, Азимжан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimzhan_Askarov"
    title: "Azimzhan Askarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimcan_Askarov"
    title: "Azimcan Askarov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Аскаров Азімжан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3910837"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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