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– Uzbekistan urged to unconditionally release independent journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 10, 2017

PEN International is extremely concerned about the well-being of Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev, who was detained by the National Security Services in Tashkent on 27 September 2017. Abdullaev is detained at the notorious pre-trial detention centre of the National Security Services, which has a long, harrowing track record of torture.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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