Uzbekistan: Editor Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Extortion and Fraud

Fazliddinkhon Mekhmonov, editor-in-chief of Demokrat.uz, has been sentenced to 10 years and 3 months in prison by a Tashkent court. He was found guilty of extortion, fraud, and illegal arms possession. Blogger Aziz Goipnazarov received a 10-year sentence for extortion. The court ordered Mekhmonov to pay material damages.

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