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Uzbekistan Refuses To Prolong Accreditation Of Polish Journalist Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment June 02, 2021 11:55 GMT Share share Print Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry has refused to prolong the accreditation of an independent Polish journalist who earlier this year accused one of the ministry's officers of sexual harassment and of pressuring her to write positive articles about the Central Asian nation in exchange for remaining accredited. Ministry spokesman Yusuf Qobuljonov wrote on Telegram on June 2 that the decision not to extend the accreditation for Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska...

Asia PacificUzbek blogger given 6.5 years in prison on libel, extortion charges Reuters 2 minute read A court in Uzbekistan sentenced a local blogger on Monday to 6.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of libel and extortion in a case that has drawn the attention of Western governments and media rights activists. Blogger Otabek Sattoriy, known for criticising local authorities in his home province of Surkhandarya in southern Uzbekistan, has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer has called the case fabricated. "We are absolutely unhappy with the decision. This was an absolutely unfair sentence...

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Known for Criticizing Local Authorities © YouTube/Otabek Sattoriy (Berlin) – An outspoken blogger from Uzbekistan faces up to 10 years in prison in a dubious extortion case brought by local authorities in the country’s southeast region, Human Rights Watch said today. Plainclothes officers detained the blogger, Otabek Sattoriy, on January 30, 2021. On February 1, a court authorized his pretrial detention on suspicion of extorting a new mobile phone from the head of a local bazaar. “Otabek Sattoriy’s blogging on sensitive issues such as alleged corruption and farmer...

Uzbek Foreign Ministry Apologizes To Polish Journalist Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment February 03, 2021 10:55 GMT Share share Print TASHKENT -- Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry has apologized to a Polish journalist who accused one of the ministry's officers of sexual harassment and pressuring her to write positive articles about the Central Asian nation in exchange for having her press accreditation prolonged. The ministry also said on February 2 that the employee who was accused of sexually harassing journalist Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska had been fired. Pikulicka-Wilczewska, an indep...