Uzbek bloggers Fazilhoja Arifhojaev and Olimjon Khaidarov occupy vastly different ends of the blogger spectrum, but they illustrate the limits of free speech in Uzbekistan.
A Muslim blogger from Uzbekistan who has been in arbitrary detention for five months is facing charges of threatening public security with a potential eight-year prison sentence, for an innocuous social media post, Human Rights Watch said today.
Fazilhoja Arifhojaev faces charges of threatening public security based on an innocuous social media post commenting on whether it is appropriate for a Muslim to congratulate non-Muslims on their religious holidays.