An open call for information
Most of you must have already heard of the recent murder in Osh city, Kyrgyzstan. Alisher Saipov, a prominent journalist, was shot dead on October 24, 2007. As Kyrgyz TV news (NBT) reported, Alisher Saipov was shot three times. One of the bullets hit Saipov’s head, which resulted in his death.
TOL (Transitions Online) is creating Alisher Saipov’s profile. This profile will cover how Saipov got into journalism, the work he did and stories he wrote, the challenges and dangers he faced during his short, but active life. This is an open call for people who knew, worked with, or admired Alisher Saipov to leave a comment about him – any information about Alisher’s personal and professional life, about his personality, his family, his future plans. If you had an honor to know Alisher, please, help us to create his profile that will contribute to immortalization his memory. We appreciate your help!
Editorial of Neweurasia expresses deep sympathy and condolence to Alisher’s family. This is surely a great loss.
on October 25th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I had the honor of knowing this talented, brave, young guy from high school. He was a classmate of my younger brother. I did not hear about him until 2003 when I was contacted by his friend Eldor. Eldor said he and his friend Alisher were trying to open a website for uzbek minority of Kyrgyzstan. They were raising some money from Uzbeks living outside of the country. I was studying at Middle Tennessee State University at the time. I and Dildora who was studying at a university in Illinois collected some money and wired it to them. I was really excited about the idea of uzbek website.
I had the opportunity of meeting him a year after when I went back home.
Then, I followed him closely by his articles on various website and was really impressed by his work. People like him don’t come along too often and I am really saddened by this tragic loss.