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care that he needs."
Bekjanov
and his colleague at Erk, journalist
Yusuf Ruzimuradov, were first detained in Ukraine, where they lived in exile
and published
Committee to Protect Journalists
least four
independent reporters in retaliation for critical journalism: Muhammad
Bekjanov, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Dilmurod Saiid, and Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov. All four
are serving lengthy sentences. Uzbek
nbsp;Belarus
Bekjanov, editor of the opposition newspaper Erk, and Yusuf Ruzimuradov, a reporter for the paper, are the longest-imprisoned journalists in the
Attacks on the Press
| Azerbaijan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
10 worst jailers. The detainees in Uzbekistan include Muhammad
Bekjanov and Yusuf
Ruzimuradov, the two longest-imprisoned journalists on CPJ's survey. They were
jailed in
Parmi les détenus en Ouzbékistan figurent Muhammad Bekjanov et Yusuf Ruzimuradov, les deux journalistes qui ont passé le plus de temps en prison
Reports
| Azerbaijan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
10 worst jailers. The detainees in Uzbekistan include Muhammad
Bekjanov and Yusuf
Ruzimuradov, the two longest-imprisoned journalists on CPJ’s survey. They were
Entre los periodistas detenidos en Uzbekistán figuran Muhammad Bekjanov y Yusuf Ruzimuradov, los dos periodistas que llevan más tiempo encarcelados, según el
Pozantı coverage.
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Uzbekistan: 4
Muhammad Bekjanov, Erk
Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Erk
Imprisoned: March 15, 1999
Bekjanov, editor of the opposition newspaper Erk,
on CPJ's Most Censored list, is currently holding Muhammad
Bekjanov and Yusuf
Ruzimuradov, two journalists who, imprisoned since 1999, have been jailed
longer than any
and
Kyrgyzstan.
Among those imprisoned in Uzbekistan are Muhammad
Bekjanov and Yusuf Ruzimuradov
of the opposition newspaper Erk, who
have been in jail longer than
