Amnesty International Demands the Release of Ethnic Uzbek Activist Jailed for Life on Fabricated Charges
(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of an ethnic Uzbek human rights activist convicted of involvement in the murder of a policeman during the June violence in Kyrgyzstan. “The charges against Azimzhan Askarov were fabricated to target him for his legitimate work as human rights defender and he must be released immediately,” said Andrea Huber, Europe and Central Asia deputy program director at Amnesty International. Azimzhan Askarov, director of the human rights organization Vozdukh (Air), was sentenced today to life