Umida Akhmedova

[Anupam]

I do not know every detail of this case, but from the handful of news reports that I have read, this sounds beyond bizarre! Umida Akhmedova is a documentary photographer from Uzebkistan who has been charged with defaming the country in her new book of photographs and of trying to show Uzbek life in a negative light! She faces six months in jail! or three years of labor. From what I see, her work is not unlike what most of us aspire to produce. I'd be proud to have taken those photographs!

Here's a quick Google on her.
A link to the BBC report.
And a writeup at the CPJ website.

I do not know what anyone can do beyond spreading the word and signing petitions and such, but maybe something is better than nothing.

 

[Phantomas]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

 

[Roger Hicks]

The Uzbekh government is not famed for its rationality or progressivness. I'd already seen the pics on the BBC and thought they were great.

Thought: what if we all buy a copy?

I think I'll try...

Cheers,

R.