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January 24 was the
Day of the Endangered Lawyer and an opportunity to remember the many problems some Central Asian attorneys have to face.
In Central Asia, defendants have a right to an attorney, but state-appointed defenders have a reputation for half-hearted work or, in some cases, even supporting the prosecution in convicting their clients.
Being an independent lawyer willing to defend people who for some reason or another are looked upon as a nuisance or threat by the governments of the region is a hazardous occupation.
Some of these attorneys are intimidated or threatened, some are attacked, and some are imprisoned.
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On December 7, the U.S. State Department
announced it was removing Uzbekistan from the Special Watch List of Religious Freedom Violators due to what the State Department called concrete progress made by the Uzbek government over the past year.
Under President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who was elected on December 4, 2016, Uzbekistan has made some progress addressing the long list of rights violations that came to characterize the Uzbek government under Mirziyoev s predecessor, Islam Karimov.
But people see this progress differently. Some hail what they see as major breakthroughs, but others view it as small and slow change.
On this week s Majlis Podcast, RFE/RL Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion that looks at changes in Uzbekistan since Mirzioyev came to power.