"Uzbek Government detains independent German journalist​", 21 November 2016

On November 10, 2016, German journalist Edda Schlager was detained in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she was interrogated, and later deported. A freelance journalist, Schlager had been reporting from Central Asia for more than ten years and last visited Uzbekistan in 2008. After the November 10th arrest, she is banned from the country for the next three years. This decision was made in an Uzbek court hearing the day of Schlager’s arrest, where she had no opportunity for legal defense, nor even translation during the trial. Schlager came to Uzbekistan to speak with her contacts and colleagues about the latest developments in the country. She first reported on child labor in Uzbek cotton fields in 2005, and was visiting to follow up on the general atmosphere in the country as Uzbekistan transitions after former President Karimov’s sudden death.