Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)

Alisher Saipov

Alisher Saipov was a Kyrgyzstani journalist of Uzbek ethnic origin and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Siyosat of the country's ethnic Uzbek minority, which reported on human rights abuses in neighboring Uzbekistan. Saipov often wrote articles critical of Uzbek President Islam…