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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:39 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Eight years on, still no justice for victims of massacre in Uzbekistan
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/05/14/impunity_massacre/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On May 13, 2005, hundreds of largely peaceful protesters were killed by Uzbek government forces indiscriminately and without warning. No one has been held accountable for the killings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Uzbek writer released after over 14 years in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/04/23/uzbekistan_writer_mamadali/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Award-winning writer Mamadali Makhmudov was released just days  before Uzbekistan's Universal Period Review process in Geneva, where the country is required to show how far it has met its obligations to uphold human rights, and will be questioned by other UN member states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Human rights policies in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan to undergo review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/04/22/turkmenistan_uzbekistan/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Nations member countries gathering at the Human Rights Council in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review procedure should seize the opportunity to expose and denounce the ongoing repression in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and press for concrete steps to end abuses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/04/22/turkmenistan_uzbekistan/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - 14 years and counting: Action to free Uzbek writer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/04/04/free_makhmudov/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thank you to all those who signed an on-line letter protesting the ongoing imprisonment of writer Mamadali Makhmudov, who has finally been released from prison upon completion of his 14-year term.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/04/04/free_makhmudov/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - In Uzbekistan, speculation swirls as president out of sight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/03/28/president_speculation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Speculations about Islam Karimov's health have surged since the president has not been seen in public for a week. The lack of clear-cut information about his well-being exposes the dire state of press freedom in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/03/28/president_speculation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Rights groups call on Uzbek government to free political prisoners]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/12/07/central_asia_joint_action/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nine human rights NGO's, including IFEX members Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and PEN American Center, came together to urge Uzbek President Islam Karimov to demonstrate a genuine commitment to Uzbekistan's much-touted reform process by including political prisoners in an anticipated amnesty for Constitution Day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/12/07/central_asia_joint_action/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Rights defender threatened, attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/05/25/rights_defender_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gulshan Karaeva says the attacks are in retaliation for refusing to become a government informant.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/05/25/rights_defender_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Activist freed but crackdown widening]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/04/12/alisher_karamatov_freed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2006, Alisher Karamatov was arrested, tortured in custody and forced to confess to politically-motivated charges, then sentenced to nine years in jail. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/04/12/alisher_karamatov_freed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Growing concern over targeting of independent journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/04/04/uzbekistan_wave_of_cases/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in the Tashkent district of Hamza recently convicted independent journalist Viktor Krymzalov in connection with an unbylined article on the Centrasia.ru independent news website which the plaintiff “assumed” he wrote. No evidence was presented to support the assumption.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/04/04/uzbekistan_wave_of_cases/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Editor sentenced to additional five-year jail term while still in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/01/26/bekjanov_further_sentencing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is outraged by the politically-motivated new sentence handed to Muhammad Bekjanov, who has been in prison since 1999 on trumped-up charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2012/01/26/bekjanov_further_sentencing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Human Rights Watch report provides evidence of wide-scale rights abuses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/12/13/lawyers_silenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Torture is a chronic problem, rights activists are languishing in prison and the government has disbarred some of the country's most outspoken lawyers, says the organisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/12/13/lawyers_silenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Journalist released after five years' detention in psychiatric hospital]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/11/30/dzhamshid_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There are concerns that Dzhamshid Karimov's health may have suffered due to the forced administration of psychotropic medicines during his detention.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/11/30/dzhamshid_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - UN Human Rights Committee decision advances free expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/10/11/democracy_and_rights/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 welcomes the committee's conclusion that the procedure for registering the NGO Democracy and Rights violated freedom of expression and association rights. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/10/11/democracy_and_rights/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - United States urged to take tough stance on Uzbekistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/09/28/military_aid/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, human rights groups expressed concern over proposed legislation to permit military and other assistance to the Uzbek government, one of the most repressive in the world.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/09/28/military_aid/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Human rights activist attacked over critical online publications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/09/22/turayev_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gulbakhor Turayeva was taking a walk near her house with her children when she was approached by two women, accompanied by two men. One of the women asked her if her name was Gulbakhor; when the journalist said yes, the woman attacked her.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/09/22/turayev_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Regime steps up online control and media crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/08/29/media_monitoring_body/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government approved on 5 August the setting up of a "committee of experts on information and mass communication" to monitor the country's media. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Dismissed state TV journalists continue fight against censorship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/07/20/omonova_eshonkulova_hunger_strike/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two women journalists protesting media censorship in Uzbekistan ended their hunger strikes last week due to poor health, report Index on Censorship and news reports. Saodat Omonova and her colleague, Malohat Eshonkulova, had started their hunger strike after being arrested and fined for protesting against censorship and corruption in Uzbekistan's state television. Their case is emblematic of Uzbekistan's "atrocious human rights record, including repression of free speech," says Human Rights Watch.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/07/20/omonova_eshonkulova_hunger_strike/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - French court dismisses defamation suit filed by Uzbek president's daughter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/07/05/defamation_suit_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lola Karimova had sought moral damages against online news agency Rue89 for a May 2010 article that called her the daughter of "dictator Karimov," and alleged she was "whitewashing Uzbekistan's image" through charity events.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/07/05/defamation_suit_dismissed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Call for release of ailing rights defender]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/06/24/kholjigitov_ailing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Norboi Kholjigitov is a longstanding member of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, who defended farmers' rights in the Samarkand province, helping farmers fight expropriation of their farms.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/06/24/kholjigitov_ailing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Activist fined, ordered to apologise to community organisation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/31/dovlatova_lawsuit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tatyana Dovlatova had assisted Russian journalists in the preparation of a news item on the life of Russian people in the former Soviet Republics, which had angered the Uzbek authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/31/dovlatova_lawsuit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Embattled reporter prevented from leaving the country]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/26/exit_visa_denied/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities barred Abdumalik Boboyev from traveling to Germany by denying him the exit visa required for travel outside Uzbekistan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/26/exit_visa_denied/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Dissident freed but unjust conviction intact]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/25/jumaev_freed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Yusuf Jumaev was arrested in the weeks before the December 2007 presidential election after he called for President Karimov's resignation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/25/jumaev_freed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[France - Uzbek president's daughter sues French news website for libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/france/2011/05/24/rue89_lawsuit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lola Karimova was described in a Rue89 article as a "dictator's daughter" who uses charity events to "whitewash her country's image." ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 08:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/france/2011/05/24/rue89_lawsuit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Six years on, no justice for Andijan victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/13/andijan_victims/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government continues its relentless persecution of  human rights activists and others critical of the government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/05/13/andijan_victims/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Activists harassed after TV broadcast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/04/29/activists_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Groups of women accosted the activists at their homes, screaming insults at them for speaking on the Russian news programme "Special Correspondent".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Government shuts down local Human Rights Watch office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/03/17/office_forced_close/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For years the government has obstructed the organisation's work by denying visas and work accreditation to staff, and has now moved to liquidate its office registration, forcing Human Rights Watch to end its presence in Tashkent after 15 years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/03/17/office_forced_close/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - CPJ urges EU to press Uzbekistan on its press freedom crisis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/01/21/barroso_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ urged the European Commission president to raise Uzbekistan's grave press freedom conditions in an upcoming meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2011/01/21/barroso_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Two journalists found guilty of slander in separate cases]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/26/boboyev_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Abdumalik Boboyev was found guilty on three counts but given the "mildest possible sentence".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/26/boboyev_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Journalist's conviction threatens freedom of speech, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/18/berezovskii_convicted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vladimir Berezovskii was convicted on charges of criminal defamation and insult, while another journalist, Abdumalik Boboev, also faces defamation charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/18/berezovskii_convicted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Russian journalist faces jail on defamation and insult charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/13/berezovsky_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vladimir Berezovsky is facing up to six months in jail, up to three years of corrective labor, or a fine of up to US$12,000 if convicted on the charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/10/13/berezovsky_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - TV stations shut down in Kyrgyzstan; prominent journalist held in Uzbekistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/15/tv_stations_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Local television stations in the southern Kyrgyzstani city of Osh were ordered to cease transmissions in the wake of interethnic violence in the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/15/tv_stations_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Tashkent journalist receives death threats over critical article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/05/26/arifzhanov_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Iskander Arifzhanov claims he was threatened over an article he wrote criticising the head of a joint stock company, despite the fact that the article was never published.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/05/26/arifzhanov_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - UN body finds rights record abysmal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/04/01/unhrc_recommendations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The UN Human Rights Committee has called for urgent steps to rectify human rights violations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/04/01/unhrc_recommendations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - UN review should highlight atrocious record]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/12/un_review_submission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch calls for the release of imprisoned activists and an end to rights abuses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/12/un_review_submission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Investigate brutal attack on activist, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/05/tikhonov_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After activist Dmitrii Tikhonov was brutally assaulted, the organisation says the government should take action to halt violence against human rights advocates.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/05/tikhonov_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - AIDS activist sentenced to seven years in jail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/04/popov_prison_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Maksim Popov, a prominent Uzbek anti-AIDS activist, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his brochure "HIV and AIDS Today". ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/03/04/popov_prison_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - CPJ urges Uzbekistan to acquit Umida Akhmedova, release imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/02/19/independent_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an open letter, CPJ calls on the Uzbek president to guarantee the right to freedom of expression for all citizens.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/02/19/independent_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Journalist charged with defaming Uzbeks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/01/25/akhmedova_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The charges against Umida Akhmedova stem from photographs depicting life in Uzbek villages and a documentary on the traditional ban on premarital sex. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:52:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/01/25/akhmedova_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Intimidation campaign against independent journalists heats up, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/01/18/journalists_intimidated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least six journalists were called in for "an informal talk" at the Tashkent prosecutor's office, and at least four of them were interrogated about their work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2010/01/18/journalists_intimidated/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Stop attacks, harassment of activists, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/12/11/activists_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent days, authorities in Karshi and Margilan have detained human rights advocates to prevent them from meeting with a Human Rights Watch researcher.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/12/11/activists_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Activist freed under government amnesty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/12/01/umarov_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sanjar Umarov was released after serving four years of a seven-year prison sentence on politically-motivated charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/12/01/umarov_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Growing persecution of farmers' rights activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/11/17/mamatkhanov_in_custody/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human rights defender and farmers' rights activist Ganikhon Mamatkhanov is facing trial on politically motivated charges, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/11/17/mamatkhanov_in_custody/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - EU fails human rights victims, say Human Rights Watch and RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/10/29/eu_fails_victims/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members Human Rights Watch and RSF say the EU decision to drop sanctions would severely damage the credibility of its human rights policy worldwide.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/10/29/eu_fails_victims/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - New abuse of jailed dissident]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/28/juma_ill_treatment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities should investigate new allegations of abuse against a political prisoner, Human Rights Watch said today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/28/juma_ill_treatment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Rights activist arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/18/hidirova_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Human Rights Watch is concerned that rights activist Oyazimhon Hidirova's arrest may be in retaliation for her efforts to expose corruption by agricultural officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/18/hidirova_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Journalist sentenced to over 12 years in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/05/saidov_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities should immediately free Dilmurod Saidov, sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison following a flawed trial brought on politically motivated charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/08/05/saidov_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Political prisoner abused in detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/07/24/jumaev_abused_in_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Uzbek authorities should promptly investigate allegations of ill-treatment against the jailed dissident Yusuf Jumaev, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/07/24/jumaev_abused_in_detention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - JOINT ACTION: Thirty-two IFEX members and other partners call on Uzbek President to release wrongfully imprisoned journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/13/thirty_two_ifex_members_and_other/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdurahmanov was the only independent correspondent to cover the whole of Karakalpakstan, whose people have already lost the sea, fish, jobs, prosperity and health, and are now losing their last hope for the future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 08:30:20 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/13/thirty_two_ifex_members_and_other/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Thirty-two IFEX members demand release of reporter serving 10 years]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/13/free_abdurahmanov/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Uzbek journalist who dared to cover some of his country's worst environmental disasters was arrested last year on trumped-up drug charges and is now serving 10 years in jail. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House and 30 other IFEX members have sent a joint letter to the Uzbek authorities to demand that Salijon Abdurahmanov is freed and that journalists are never imprisoned for their work.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/13/free_abdurahmanov/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - ARTICLE 19 wins key case at UN Human Rights Committee]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/12/article_19_wins_key_case_at_un/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 11 May 2009 - On 19 March 2009, the UN Human Rights Committee issued its decision in the case of Mavlonov and Sa'di v. Uzbekistan, which ARTICLE 19 lodged with the Committee in November 2004. In the case, ARTICLE 19 argued that the refusal of the Uzbek authorities to re-register the first applicant's newspaper was a breach of his right to freedom of expression, and also a breach of the second applicant's right as a reader of the newspaper. The Committee accepted both arguments, with important implications in terms of the right to freedom of expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 07:41:30 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2009/05/12/article_19_wins_key_case_at_un/</guid>
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