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Independent journalists detained in Tashkent freed after seven hours

Published on 2 August 2012Read

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Constantly hounded

Wave of cases of persecution of independent journalists in recent weeks

Published on 4 April 2012Read

Uzbekistan

EU Fails Human Rights Victims

The European Union’s decision today to lift the arms embargo against Uzbekistan despite its atrocious human rights record is an unconscionable (...)

Published on 27 October 2009 Read

Uzbekistan

First anniversary of journalist’s sentencing to 10 years in prison

One year ago tomorrow, a court in the western autonomous region of Karakalpakstan sentenced journalist Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov to 10 years in (...)

Published on 9 October 2009 Read

Uzbekistan

No let-up in the gagging and jailing of journalists!

Reporters Without Borders today protested at the sentencing yesterday of freelance Uzbek journalist Dilmurod Sayid (photo Ferghana.ru) to 12 and (...)

Published on 31 July 2009 Read

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Sentences of 5 to 12 years in prison for five journalists

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the sentences ranging from eight to 12 years in prison which a Tashkent criminal court imposed on five (...)

Published on 9 March 2009 Read

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Fear that appeal court will allow imprisonment to silence Karakalpakstan’s last independent voice

There is sadly little chance that journalist and human rights activist Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov will be cleared when the supreme court of the (...)

Published on 18 November 2008 Read

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Shock at journalist’s ten year prison sentence

Reporters Without Borders expressed outrage at a ten-year prison sentence handed down today by a court in Nukus, in the west of the country, to (...)

Published on 10 October 2008 Read

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Detained journalist prevented from seeing his lawyer

Uznews correspondent Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov’s brother Bakhrom Abdurakhmanov, who is acting as his lawyer, was unable to visit him on 25 June in (...)

Published on 27 June 2008 Read

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Government TV stations threaten Radio Free Europe

Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm today about a programme broadcast by state television stations Namangan TV and Ferghana TV on 10 June that (...)

Published on 13 June 2008 Read