Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Photographer Convicted of Defaming Uzbeks

A court in Uzbekistan found photographer Umida Akhmedova guilty of “defaming” and “insulting” the Uzbek people in a series of her photographs and a documentary film. Akhmedova defended her work as reflecting the unique identity of the Uzbek people. Akhmedova was exempted from punishment under an amnesty.

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/02/10/amnesty/
http://www.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=6406 (see photos)

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