Imprisoned Uzbek investigative journalist and blogger Abduqodir Mominov was placed in solitary confinement for 10 days in a Tashkent detention center on October 9, less than two months after he complained that he was tortured in the facility by three law enforcement officials, his mother told RFE/RL. Mominov was sentenced to seven years in prison on August 4 on fraud and extortion charges that rights groups say are politically motivated. The 33-year-old critic of President Shavkat Mirziyoev has his own YouTube channel, Quzgu, with 247,000 followers. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, click here.
Uzbek Blogger Placed In Solitary Confinement In Tashkent Detention Center, Mother Says
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