Uzbekistan Refuses To Prolong Accreditation Of Polish Journalist Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment
June 02, 2021 11:55 GMT
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Uzbekistan s Foreign Ministry has refused to prolong the accreditation of an independent Polish journalist who earlier this year accused one of the ministry s officers of sexual harassment and of pressuring her to write positive articles about the Central Asian nation in exchange for remaining accredited.
Ministry spokesman Yusuf Qobuljonov wrote on Telegram on June 2 that the decision not to extend the accreditation for Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, a correspondent for Al-Jazeera, was made due to violations of legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The statement did not specify which laws the journalist violated or how.
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A court in Uzbekistan sentenced a local blogger on Monday to 6.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of libel and extortion in a case that has drawn the attention of Western governments and media rights activists.
Blogger Otabek Sattoriy, known for criticising local authorities in his home province of Surkhandarya in southern Uzbekistan, has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer has called the case fabricated. We are absolutely unhappy with the decision. This was an absolutely unfair sentence. After receiving a copy of the verdict, we will definitely file an appeal and continue (fighting), lawyer Umidbek Davlatov said on a Youtube video recorded after the verdict.
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Uzbek Foreign Ministry Apologizes To Polish Journalist Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment
February 03, 2021 10:55 GMT
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TASHKENT Uzbekistan s Foreign Ministry has apologized to a Polish journalist who accused one of the ministry s officers of sexual harassment and pressuring her to write positive articles about the Central Asian nation in exchange for having her press accreditation prolonged.
The ministry also said on February 2 that the employee who was accused of sexually harassing journalist Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska had been fired.
Pikulicka-Wilczewska, an independent journalist who has worked for The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, and Eurasianet, said on Twitter on February 1 that several requests to extend her press accreditation had been rejected over the past six months. She said the Foreign Ministry official dealing with her case had subjected her to sexual harassment, behavior that continued online.