Children in ragged clothing, beggars screaming for change, bodies laid in the street… Is this truly how Uzbekistan is? Or is it just a foreigner that is unfamiliar with the sights of the land? A photographer was found guilty for the slandering and insulting of the Uzbek people. This enraged people throughout the region. The charges for the photographer have been sentenced to three years in prison, but the judge waived the penalties. The judge said that the photographer had been granted an amnesty in honor of the 18th anniversary of Uzbek independence. “There was a fear of going to prison. But to tell you the truth, I feel insulted, that’s the main thing. I don’t aunderstand how my creative work could have brought me to this courtroom,” said Ms. Akhmedovea – the photographer. The Uzbek authorities have done this type of thing in the past. They have prosecuted artists who have bashed the country. For example, a folk singer named Dadakhon Khasanov wrote a song about the 2005 crackdown (an antigovernment demonstrator in the city of Andijon, in which hundreds are thought to have died.) The case of Akhmedovea is said to be an example from the government to scare its people. Is this true? Does the government have something to hide? Maybe the people in Uzbekistan should keep an eye out for what may happen in the future.
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