Galima Bukharbaeva continued to work at the IWPR nonetheless, becoming its country director for Uzbekistan.
11 Facts About Galima Bukharbaeva
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Galima Bukharbaeva spent the day reporting live from Bobur Square for CNN, BBC News, and other international agencies.
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Galima Bukharbaeva later described the massacre in a story for the Committee to Protect Journalists:.
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When Galima Bukharbaeva reached safety, she discovered that a bullet had passed through her backpack, leaving a hole in her press card and her Che Guevara notebook.
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Galima Bukharbaeva subsequently conducted interviews with other eyewitnesses, who confirmed that soldiers were executing the injured who had been unable to flee the Square.
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Galima Bukharbaeva then spent some time in Kyrgyzstan, first in a refugee camp and later in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where she was received as a hero by the opposition community.
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Galima Bukharbaeva then received a Fulbright Award to pursue a Master's in journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Galima Bukharbaeva worked as the editor-in-chief for the Uzbek news website uznews.
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In 2007, Galima Bukharbaeva served as a founder and chairwoman of the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan.
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In 2005, Galima Bukharbaeva won the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Galima Bukharbaeva is married to a German journalist, Marcus Bensmann, who works for the Swiss daily newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung.