Published February 27,2023
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Authoritarian Uzbekistan has briefly barred a well-liked singer from performing after movies circulated on-line of her singing in high-heeled boots, nude leggings and an outsized shirt.
Artists within the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan can solely carry out with a licence from the federal government, which is accused of trampling fundamental freedoms regardless of additionally enterprise some reforms.
“The singer Kaniza has recently published videos on social media in which she behaves obscenely, contradicting behavioural ethics, promoting immoral ideas and offending viewers,” mentioned Uzbekconzert, the federal government establishment answerable for licensing, mentioned Monday.
Kaniza’s agent instructed AFP the singer had “simply sang two songs at a restaurant opening.”
Her suspension is a “one-month warning so she has time to reflect and draw the right conclusions,” the tradition ministry instructed AFP.
“If in one month she says she has understood and promises not to post such videos again, then her (licence) application will be considered,” it added.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who got here to energy in 2016, has promoted reforms unthinkable underneath his predecessor, an notorious rights abuser within the ex-Soviet area.
His authorities nonetheless stays authoritarian and restricts freedom of expression.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
