Azimzhan Askarov
✓ Source-basedrisingKyrgyzstani activist and journalist
JournalistsLived 1951 to 2020 · aged 69
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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.
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1951 to 2020 · aged 69
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15 languages
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