Uzbekistan - Independent reporter facing up to eight years in prison, banned from going abroad

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Voice of America correspondent Abdulmalik Boboyev (picture, Ferghana.ru), one of Uzbekistan's few independent journalists, is facing between five and eight years in prison on four charges that Tashkent prosecutors brought against him on 13 September. Three of the charges relate to his work as a journalist: “defamation” (article 130 of the criminal code), “insult” (article 140) and “preparing and disseminating material constituting a threat to public order and security” (article 244-1). The (...)

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