Alima Abdirova charged with libel
Alima Abdirova, a Kazakh human rights activist and a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Radio Azattyq, was charged with libel, tried and finally acquitted by a court in northwestern Aqtobe district. Abdirova, who was denied a lawyer at her trial, was sued over the findings of a report on child abuse published by an organization she heads. _x000D_