Officials See Slander in Uzbek Photos, but Artists See Censorship
I was reading the NY Times on-line this morning, and came across this interesting but disturbing article about a photographer who was accused of slander in her country of Uzbekistan, by simply making photographs. The lead-in follows with a permalink to the story.
Officials See Slander in Uzbek Photos, but Artists See Censorship
Umida Akhmedova was found guilty Wednesday of slandering Uzbekistan with her photography, only to be saved from a prison sentence by the anniversary of the country’s independence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/world/asia/11uzbekistan.html