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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

Europe/Ex-USSR

Call for immediate release of press freedom defender being tried on sex charges

Reporters Without Borders today voiced deep concern about the ongoing trial of Ruslan Sharipov, the president of the press freedom organisation (...)

Published on 13 August 2003 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

Three detained in crackdown on journalists

Reporters Without Borders today voiced deep concern about the arrests in the past two days of three members of a press freedom organisation, the (...)

Published on 28 May 2003 Read

Uzbekistan

Journalist jailed for six and a half years for writing about religion

Gayrat Mekhliboyev’s seven-year jail sentence was reduced by six months by an appeal court on 14 March, which struck down his convictions for (...)

Published on 17 March 2003 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

A journalist gets death threats after objecting to closure of his weekly

Reporters Without Borders today voiced its concern about death threats received by Ismat Kushev, the editor of the education ministry’s weekly (...)

Published on 14 March 2003 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

Radio Free Europe and Voice of America correspondents physically attacked in Tashkent

Reporters Without Borders voiced its outrage at the beatings inflicted today on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty stringer Khusnudtin Kutbetdinov (...)

Published on 7 March 2003 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

Journalist denounces unjustified prosecution

Reporters Without Borders called today for a new enquiry in the case of a journalist who went on trial on 26 July for extortion after writing (...)

Published on 29 July 2002 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

An independent journalist in danger

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called today on US secretary of state Colin Powell to use his influence to stop the Uzbek government "brutally (...)

Published on 8 February 2002 Read

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Ruslan Sharipov once again threatened

In a letter addressed on the 1st of February 2002 to Kadyrov Rachid Hamidovich, public prosecutor of Uzbekistan and to Kokir Almatov, Minister of (...)

Published on 1 February 2002 Read