On Tuesday morning, Uzbek immigration authorities denied entry to CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Gulnoza Said, stating that the immigration system showed that she was not allowed to enter the country.
Gulnoza Said, a U.S. citizen, remained in the Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport, where authorities said she must remain until she takes a flight to New York scheduled for September 1, Said told CPJ.
Gulnoza Said was making a family visit to Uzbekistan after traveling to Georgia and Latvia on a CPJ mission.
However, in the evening, after remaining in the airport for about five hours, Said was admitted to Uzbekistan. Authorities did not give a reason for her initial refusal.
