A 19-year-old Uzbek man has been sentenced by a Samarkand regional court to 2 1/2 years in prison for insulting President Shavkat Mirziyoev in an Instagram post under a video of the presidential family, some of whom occupy influential or lucrative political and business posts under the clannish regime. Dilshod Iskandarov is the latest of at least three Uzbeks convicted in the past year under a criminal clause on insulting or slandering the president. Iskandarov allegedly removed the post after relatives warned of its potential risk. Mirziyoev won a new seven-year term in an effectively uncontested vote in July. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, click here.
Uzbek Teen Jailed For 2 1/2 Years For Insulting President Mirziyoev
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev (file photo)