Kyrgyz Activist Faces Four-Year Prison Sentence Request from Prosecutor

A prosecutor has requested a four-year prison sentence for Kyrgyz activist Mavlyan Askarbekov in Bishkek's Leninsky District Court. Askarbekov, accused of inciting racial, ethnic, national, religious, or interregional hatred, will deliver his final statement on September 29. The case was investigated by Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security. Askarbekov had been critical of government actions.

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