Saturday, September 3, 2016

Uzbek president’s death puts a new spotlight on the strange story of the country’s ‘jailed princess’

Uzbek president's death puts a new spotlight on the strange story of the country's 'jailed princess'

As the head of an authoritarian regime sometimes likened to North Korea, Islam Karimov was known to be ruthless. The president of Uzbekistan whose death became public Friday was accused of having his political opponents jailed, exiled or even killed. A particularly delicate case, however, is his daughter Gulnara Karimova, 42, who was believed to be one potential successor […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/03/uzbek-presidents-death-puts-a-new-spotlight-on-the-strange-story-of-the-countrys-jailed-princess/

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