Delicious Soup

Dec 8, 2024 | themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy |Delicious Soup

In 1999 Yusuf Ruzimurodov, a journalist, human rights activist and dissident, was arrested by the authorities in Uzbekistan for criticizing President Islam Karimov and sentenced to 15 years in prison. But his term was extended twice, and in the end he spent 19 years in prison – the longest prison sentence served by any journalist in the region for his professional activities.