Salijon Abdurahmanov
Uzbek journalist (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Salijon Abdurahmanov (Uzbek: Solijon Abdurahmonov; born 28 May 1950 in Nukus, Uzbekistan)[1][2] is an Uzbek journalist who contributed to Radio Free Europe, Voice of America and uznews.net. In October 2008, he was given a ten-year prison sentence for marijuana and opium possession.[3] He asserted his innocence of the charges, stating that the drugs were planted by police officers.[4] Several international human rights NGOs called for his release, including Amnesty International, which designated him a prisoner of conscience. In 2014 he was awarded the Johann Philipp Palm prize for freedom of expression and the press.[5][6] He was freed from detention in October 2017.[7]