SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Azimzhan Askarov

1951 - 2020

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Azimzhan Askarov (Uzbek: Azimjon Asqarov, Азимжон Асқаров; 17 May 1951 – 25 July 2020) 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. He was subsequently arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances, incitement of ethnic hatred, and complicity in murder. Following a trial protested by several international human rights groups for irregularities—including alleged torture and the courtroom intimidation of witnesses by police—Askarov was given a life sentence, which he was serving. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Azimzhan Askarov is the 664th most popular social activist (up from 681st in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan and the 2nd most popular Kirghiz Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 664 out of 840Before him are Nirmala Deshpande, Phoebe Hearst, Edvin Kanka Cudic, Aed Carabao, Mosab Hassan Yousef, and Mario Savio. After him are María Elena Moyano, Loujain al-Hathloul, Fartuun Adan, Siti Musdah Mulia, Flora Drummond, and Beyers Naudé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 651Before him are Mercedes Cabrera, Hossein Alizadeh, Julian Lloyd Webber, Marietta Giannakou, Alan Merrill, and Françoise Nyssen. After him are Mike Bantom, Alan Minter, Rubén Cano, Jean-Pierre Bel, Debra Fischer, and Khattiya Sawasdipol. Among people deceased in 2020, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 751Before him are Ali Khalif Galaydh, Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, Sergey Belyayev, Grant Imahara, and Alan Merrill. After him are Angelika Amon, Eugene Wright, Liang Wudong, Alan Minter, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Bernard Bailyn.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 38 out of 62Before him are Vladimir Maksimov (1945), Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951), Kubatbek Boronov (1964), Igor Paklin (1963), Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (1968), and Temir Sariyev (1963). After him are Tatyana Kolpakova (1959), Daniar Usenov (1960), Igor Chudinov (1961), Talant Mamytov (1976), Nikolay Chernetskiy (1959), and Ryan Murphy (null).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Kyrgyzstan

Among social activists born in Kyrgyzstan, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 2Before him are Toktogul Satylganov (1864).