Kadyrzhan Batyrov (; ; 9 March 1956 – 4 December 2018) was a Kyrgyz businessman and politician of Uzbek origin.
Biography He was also head of the University of People's FriendshipPhilip P. Pan, The Washington Post, June 16, 2010, "Kyrgyzstan army tries to get control in riot-hit south ", June 16, 2010 and a parliamentary deputy. Last years he resided in Sweden.Nation can be dangerous for those who flee persecution, Kyiv Post (10 November 2011) He fled from Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine in 2010. Batyrov received a life sentence in absentia for his alleged role in ethnic conflicts in southern Kyrgyzstan in summer 2010. In September 2011 he applied for political asylum in Ukraine. In October 2011 Ukrainian prosecutors granted a request to extradite him to Kyrgyzstan. Prosecutors eventually withdrew permission to extradite Batyrov after UNHCR helped him to receive an offer of asylum in Sweden.
He died in his sleep in Odesa, Ukraine.В Одессе на 62-м году жизни скончался Кадыржан Батыров, KNews (5 December 2018)
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