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Karishal Asanov
Kazakh: Кәрішал Асанов Ғабдулданұлы
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During a trip to Washington to participate in hearings in the US Congress
BornMarch 12, 1933
Erkin
DiedMarch 26, 2015
Citizenship Soviet Union
 Kazakhstan
Occupation(s)Historian, writer, public figure
Parents
  • Gabdolda Asanov (father)
  • Tuzeldik Asanova (mother)
AwardsInternational Hellman-Hammett Prize (1993) for persecuted writers; Kazakhstani Freedom Prize (2015) for contribution to democracy and civil society in Kazakhstan.

Karishal Gabduldanovich Asanov (born March 12, 1933[citation needed], Erkin (Talgar district), Almaty Region; died March 26, 2015[citation needed], Almaty) a historian, writer, public figure, and dissident.

Biography

Karishal Gabduldanovich Asanov was born on March 12, 1933, in Erkin, Almaty Region. His father, Gabdolda Asanov, was the first chairman of the district council (1918–1927) in Taldykorgan. He was married to Nurilya Alimzhanova, and they had two children, Bolat Asanov and Kargash Asanova.[citation needed]

In 1957, graduated from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University with a degree in history and philology.[citation needed]

Asanov worked as a teacher in secondary school, on television, as a research fellow in the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, and as an associate professor at the Kirov Kazakh State University.[citation needed]

For many years, Asanov was repeatedly prosecuted for his opposition activities.[1][2][3]

Awards

  • 1993 - recipient of the Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett prize[4], awarded to persecuted writers
  • 2015 - Winner of the Kazakhstani Freedom Prize for contribution to the development of democracy and civil society in the Republic of Kazakhstan[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Helsinki". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ^ "Amnesty International Report 1994 - Kazakstan". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  3. ^ "Attacks on the Press in 2001 - Kazakhstan". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ "Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Kazakstan:Human Rights Developments". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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