Well-known Uzbek singer Jahongir Otajonov says he was threatened with bodily harm after announcing plans to run for president of the Central Asian nation. Security-camera footage in Otajonov’s Istanbul office showed three men warning him that there was a contract out for his beating.
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbek-singer-warned-of-beating-after-announcing-run-for-president/31180614.html

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