Zulpukhar Sapanov

Affiliated media: Newspaper "Uchur", Chief editor

Incident date: September 12, 2017

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kloop

Location: Kyrgyzstan

Additional information:

The Pervomaisky regional court sentenced the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Uchur, Zulpukar Sapanov, to four years in prison. The court found that his book "Genealogy of the Forefather Kydyr" (Kydyr Sanzhyrasy) contained calls for "inciting religious hatred".