Kyrgyz activist sentenced to two years for inciting ethnic hatred on Facebook

A Bishkek court sentenced civil activist Mavlyan Askarbekov to two years in prison on September 29. He was found guilty of inciting racial, ethnic, national, religious, or interregional hatred through his Facebook posts. The state security committee investigated the case. Askarbekov denied the charges and had been in custody since June.

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