Alisher Saipov

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Alisher Saipov
Alisher Saipov

Alisher Saipov (Алишер Соҳибов ) (September 4, 1981 – October 24, 2007) was a Kyrgyz journalist and editor from the country's ethnic Uzbek minority. He was born in Kyrgyz SSR, USSR. He was shot dead outside his office in Osh.[1]

Natalia Antelava from BBC News reported: "At twenty-six, Alisher Saipov was one of the most outspoken journalists in Central Asia. (...) He wrote extensively about torture in Uzbek President Islom Karimov's prisons, about the clampdown on dissent and the plight of the Uzbek refugees living in Kyrgyzstan."[2]

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  1. ^ Alisher Saipov, Journalist Reporting for the Voice of America, Killed in Osh, Kyrgyzstan Voice of America, Press Release October 24, 2007 (Retrieved on October 25, 2007)
  2. ^ Natalia Antelava Outspoken Uzbek reporter killed BBC News, October 25, 2007 (Retrieved on October 25, 2007)
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