Uzbekistan

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 September 2006 CPJ release: In Uzbekistan, a journalist disappears and another is arrested New York, September 19, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the disappearance of one independent journalist in the central Uzbek city of Jizzakh and the arrest of another. Dzhamshid Karimov, […]

(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Saidburkhon Kadyrov, chief editor of the youth-oriented newspaper “Bokhoro Yoshlari,” remains in critical condition after being stabbed with a knife by an unidentified young man on 13 September 2006. The journalist was taken to hospital to undergo a critical operation and was subsequently transferred to the intensive care unit, doctors say. His […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: SURPRISE AT UNESCO AWARD FOR PRESIDENT KARIMOV Reporters Without Borders today said it was surprised by a UNESCO award to Uzbek President Islam Karimov and the fact that the Uzbek government has described it as a reward for “his efforts on behalf of friendship between peoples.” […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 August 2006 CPJ press release: Uzbekistan: Government continues harassment of independent journalist New York, August 2, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the continued harassment of Nosir Zokirov, a former correspondent for the Uzbek service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) who has already served six […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the dismissal of six journalists from state-owned news media for freelancing for independent or foreign media. Those fired include Jamilya Aipova and Olga Fazylova of the government newspaper “Pravda Vostoka”. Aipova and Fazylova had freelanced for Tribune ( http://www.tribune-uz.info ), an independent website to which access was blocked […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned a new wave of Internet censorship in Uzbekistan, where Neweurasia ( http://www.Neweurasia.net ), a website that hosts a network of blogs about Central Asia and the Caucasus, has been inaccessible for several weeks. The government probably ordered local ISPs to block the Neweurasia.net domain name after it launched […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders said it suspected the Uzbek authorities of being behind threats that forced a website editor to close his online publication and that he and his family had suffered years of harassment. Alo Khodjaev, editor of Tribune-uz ( http://www.tribune-uz.info ) received regular telephone threats after he posted reports about the 13 […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Independent journalist Serguei Ejkov’s website has been inaccessible within Uzbekistan since 26 June 2006, probably at the government’s behest, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) noted on 5 July. Access to many other opposition sites is blocked in this country, which RSF regards as one of 15 “Internet enemies”. “This country is ruled with an […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Uzbek President Islam Karimov has been at war with foreign and independent media, treating them as enemies seeking his overthrow, ever since the bloody crackdown in Andijan one year ago when his regime was responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths, said Reporters Without Borders. “The putting down of the Andijan revolt was a […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 April 2006 CPJ press release: Uzbekistan: Journalist released after year in jail for anti-constitutional activity New York, April 4, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release by an Uzbek court of journalist Sobirdjon Yakubov, who spent one year in jail on subversion charges. A court […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 16 March 2006 CPJ press release: Uzbek Foreign Ministry tightens control over foreign media New York, March 16, 2006 – The Foreign Ministry has invoked restrictive new regulations to reprimand three correspondents working for the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, escalating pressure on the few remaining local journalists working […]

(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The following is a joint statement by Adil Soz and The International In-Service Training Center for Journalists: Adil Soz expresses concern over the new accreditation procedure being imposed by the Uzbekistan government on local and foreign journalists. The new accreditation rules, contained in the government decree of 24 February 2006, “On adopting […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Sentenced in “Puppet Theater” Forced Closures of Freedom House, Eurasia Foundation Bode Ill for Civil Society (Tashkent, March 7, 2006) – The criminal process that led to the conviction of Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 February 2006 CPJ press release: Uzbek reporter freed after serving term for ‘insulting’ officer New York, February 28, 2006 – Nosir Zokirov, a correspondent for the Uzbek service of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was released from prison on Sunday after serving a six-month sentence […]

(Freedom House/IFEX) – The following is a Freedom House press release: Uzbek Court Denies Freedom House’s Appeal to Continue Human Rights Programs in Uzbekistan February 8, 2006 – A civil court in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, yesterday rejected Freedom House’s final appeal of a six-month suspension of its activities in Uzbekistan. The judgment requires the organization to […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Police Seal off Town for Activist’s Trial No Court Access for Independent Observers (New York, January 31, 2006) – Uzbek authorities blocked access to the trial of a human rights defender who had spoken out about the May 13, 2005 Andijan massacre, Human […]