Human rights defender continues his struggle from behind bars in Kyrgyzstan

By Maisy Weicherding, Central Asia Researcher at Amnesty International
Five years ago I was first introduced to Azimzhan Askarov, a gentle and unassuming man in his fifties, in the chaotic and friendly offices of the human rights organization Spravedlivost (Justice) in the town of Jalal-Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Azimzhan was assisting the organization’s small team […]