Kyrgyz Government Critic Jailed For 3 Years On Insurrection Charge
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A district court in Bishkek on July 1 sentenced Kyrgyz poet, composer, and political activist Askat Jetigen to three years in prison on a charge of calling for a seizure of power in a widely followed case rejected by Jetigen and rights observers.