for ten years she has campaigned for her husband, azimjan askarov, a human rights activist who is in dicha and azimjan have been married for over a0 years, but in 2010 he became caught up in violent clashes between kyrgyz and uzbeks. azimjan set out to find out. while azimjan was documenting the violence, police visited hadicha. now azimjan found himself being interrogated by the same local police he had been investigating. he says he was mistreated. shortly after his arrest, he told a localjournalist what happened. azimjan was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and inciting ethnic hatred. he has always strongly denied the charges and says he was not given a fair trial. hadicha has spent the last ten years campaigning for azimjan�*s release. but despite international pressure and a un human rights committee calling for him to be freed, he remains in prison. hadicha and azimjan are both artists. hadicha and azimjan have four children and ten grandchildren. today, hadicha is making the 14—hour journey to the capital, bishkek, where the supreme court will make a fin