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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Azimzhan Askarov has received more than 91,112 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Azimzhan Askarov is the 680th most popular social activist, 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 680 out of 840. Before him are Reyhaneh Jabbari, Gloria Allred, Rajmohan Gandhi, Charlotte Despard, Ruthie Tompson, and Beyers Naudé. After him are Emily Murphy, Anna Howard Shaw, Lillian Ngoyi, Juliette Gordon Low, Norma Cruz, and Sumaira Abdulali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 671. Before him are Kinzang Dorji, Antonia Bird, Jane Barkman, Sylvain Sylvain, Jeff Rawle, and Dan McKee. After him are Mercedes Cabrera, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke, Siyka Kelbecheva, William S. McArthur, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, and David Johnson. Among people deceased in 2020, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 779. Before him are Shirley Ann Grau, Tarun Gogoi, Doris de Agostini, Madam Auring, Marj Dusay, and Billy Evans. After him are Ebrahim Alkazi, Jane Dee Hull, Julie Felix, Nicholas Parsons, Road Warrior Animal, and Terrence McNally.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Azimzhan Askarov ranks 38 out of 62. Before him are Kubatbek Boronov (1964), Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (1968), Temir Sariyev (1963), Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951), Tatyana Kolpakova (1959), and Valentina Shevchenko (1988). After him are Zhantoro Satybaldiyev (1956), Ryan Murphy (null), Daniar Usenov (1960), Igor Chudinov (1961), Talant Mamytov (1976), and Nikolay Chernetskiy (1959).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Kyrgyzstan

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

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