Why are authoritarian-minded rulers so thin-skinned?
In Uzbekistan, for example, authorities are increasingly imprisoning people for “insulting the president online.” The criminal charge could get you 5 years in prison. It’s absurd.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/30/uzbekistan-imprisoned-insulting-president-online
Andrew Stroehlein /
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