In Uzbekistan, for the first time in 35 years, it was allowed to publish an article about Muhammad Salih, the main opponent of Islam Karimovtranslated

The Uzbek newspaper “Adabiyot” (“Literature”) published an article about the leader of the opposition party “Erk” and poet Muhammad Salih, whose name was under the strictest unofficial ban in the country’s information field during the reign of the first President Islam Karimov. In an interview with Ozodlik, the Uzbek edition of RFE/RL, the publication's editor-in-chief Bakhtiyor Karim said that the article published on September 8 is dedicated not to Salih's political activities, but to his childhood, first creative steps and...