{"id":24383,"date":"2021-02-03T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T09:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=157753"},"modified":"2021-02-03T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T09:01:09","slug":"uzbek-blogger-critical-of-local-governor-arrested-for-alleged-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/03\/uzbek-blogger-critical-of-local-governor-arrested-for-alleged-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbek Blogger Critical Of Local Governor Arrested For Alleged Extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
TERMIZ, Uzbekistan — An Uzbek blogger critical of the local government in the southern Surxondaryo region has been arrested on charges that relatives say are trumped up.<\/p>\n
Otabek Sattoriy was charged by the Interior Ministry\u2019s investigative department on February 1 on extortion charges.<\/p>\n
That came days after Sattoriy was taken from his home on January 29 by plainclothes security officers, his sister Farangiz Alimova told RFE\/RL\u2019s Uzbek Service on February 2.<\/p>\n