24 October 2007
Alisher Sayipov
Shooting
Alisher Sayipov, a young freelance journalist and founder of the newspaper Sayasat (Politics), was gunned down outside the premises of Radio Free Europe in the southern city of Osh at about 7 p.m.
The police have began a criminal investigation and the president’s office has said it is following the case. Sayipov was often covering sensitive issues in his articles.
Aged 26, Sayipov was critical of the way Uzbekistan is governed in the analyses he wrote for several news media including Sayasat, which was published and distributed on a regular basis inside the country.
Sayipov worked for various news media including fergana.ru, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America. He was married and was the father of a baby girl just a few months old.
