UZBEKISTAN REPRESSION CONTINUES

08/21/2001
BBG-IBB-VOA EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-09394

UZBEKISTAN REPRESSION CONTINUES

The regime of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov continues to try to silence journalists and others who speak out against its authoritarian practices. One of these is Shukrat Babadjanov [shoog-raht bah-bahd-jah-nov], director of the independent television company A-L-C TV. A-L-C TV had reported on corruption and human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. But it was shut down by the Karimov regime in the fall of 1999, just before the parliamentary and presidential elections. Continue reading

Jahongir Mamatovga maktublar

turkiyada.jpgMAKTUBLARDAN QISQA SATRLAR

(Yangi maktublardan satrlar hafta oxirida qo’shib boriladi, maktublardagi asl hol saqlangani bois harfiy xatolari tuzatilmadi)

Mening uchun saroydan beriladigan “qop-qop” unvonlaru mansab-mukofotlardan ko’ra, oddiy o’quvchimning samimiyat bilan yozilgan ikki enlik maktubi qimmatliroqdir…
Mening uchun g’animlar yoxud saroyning topshirig’i bilan yoziladigan bo’htonlardan ko’ra, oddiy o’quvchimning bir jumlalik mulohazasi ta’sirliroqdir…
Jahongir Mamatov.

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