Document #1312256

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Uzbek Journalist Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

http://www.rferl.org/Content/Former_RFERL_Uzbek_Journalist_Sentenced_To_10_Years_In_Prison/1328825.html

ecoi.net summary:
A court has sentenced a former RFE/RL journalist to 10 years in prison for drug possession; human rights groups have condemned the case against Salijon Abdurahmonov as yet another attack on press freedom by the government
Country:
Uzbekistan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/Content/Former_RFERL_Uzbek_Journalist_Sentenced_To_10_Years_In_Prison/1328825.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
10 October 2008
Document ID:
1312256 (former ID 107337)

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