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Thursday, 20 March 2003
UNOFFICIAL CENSORSHIP ON WAR REPORTING INSTITUTED IN UZBEKISTAN
By empty (3/20/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Unofficial censorship has been restored in Uzbekistan in response to the military operation in Iraq and only the viewpoint of the Uzbek government, which fully supports the war, can be expressed in the media. Neither the Russian nor the Western European points of view are being reported in Uzbekistan. The report, quoting an anonymous source, said that Foreign Minister Sodyk Safaev summoned the editors of major media outlets and asked them not to report on the war from a pro-Russian point of view, but exclusively from the U.
Unofficial censorship has been restored in Uzbekistan in response to the military operation in Iraq and only the viewpoint of the Uzbek government, which fully supports the war, can be expressed in the media. Neither the Russian nor the Western European points of view are being reported in Uzbekistan. The report, quoting an anonymous source, said that Foreign Minister Sodyk Safaev summoned the editors of major media outlets and asked them not to report on the war from a pro-Russian point of view, but exclusively from the U.S. position. (Deutsche Welle)