News December 18, 2019 Uzbekistan: Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison Journalist Muhammad Bekjanov was imprisoned in Jaslyk during the 18 years he spent in Uzbek jails. He speaks to Lucy Burns along with independent human rights observer Acacia Shields.
News August 5, 2019 Uzbekistan: closure of the country’s most notorious prison, the "House of Torture'" Jaslyk is Uzbekistan’s most notorious prison. On August 2, President Mirziyoyev ordered its closure.
News February 22, 2017 Uzbek dissident released after 18 years in prison Uzbek dissident Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest-jailed journalists, was released from prison on Wednesday after serving 18 years in prison, his relatives and a local rights group said. Bekjanov, 63, a former editor of the opposition newspaper Erk, was sentenced to 15 years in prison i…
