The great photographs of Uzbekistan by Umida Akhmedova

According to the site, English Russia,

In the end of 2009 the Uzbekistan Agency on Press and Information has initiated a criminal proceeding against a talented documentarian photographer and the first camerawoman in the country – Umida Akhmedova. She was charged with the “slander and outrage against the Uzbek people” in her photos. She is threatened to be sentenced to 2-3 years of correctional works or to 6 months imprisonment.

This is a shame: her photographs appear to be anything but slanderous and outrageous. Here’s a great shot of an old woman

and another of a young girl

There’s more at the English Russia site (as well as all sorts of fascinating stories from that side of the world).