Uzbek authorities deny reports about journalists' arrest
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| Publication Date | 29 January 2009 |
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January 29, 2009
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office has denied reports that five journalists were recently arrested in Uzbekistan.
The Tashkent-based human rights organization Ezgulik reported on January 26 that five journalists working for the magazine "Irmoq" were arrested by police and accused of spreading the ideas of the Turkish Islamic group Nurcular.
Ezgulik's Abdurakhmon Tashanov told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service that the journalists have been monitored by police since September.
The chief editor of "Irmoq," Khamza Jumayev, confirmed that his five journalists have "problems" but did not elaborate.
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