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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
Published: February 11, 2010
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

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