Uzbekistan: Attempt to Silence Criticism Backfires

The decision by a French court on July 1, 2011, to dismiss a defamation suit brought by the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president against an online French news agency highlighted Uzbekistan’s repressive approach to criticism.

(Paris) – The decision by a French court on July 1, 2011, to dismiss a defamation suit brought by the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president against an online French news agency highlighted Uzbekistan’s repressive approach to criticism, Human Rights Watch said today.

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