Kyrgyz Supreme Court Reviews 'Politically Motivated' Conviction

Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has begun to review the conviction of an activist widely considered by international groups to be a prisoner of conscience. Azimjan Askarov is serving a life sentence on charges of stiring up ethnic hatred and killing a police officer during deadly clashes in Kyrgyzstan in 2010. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)