1. Muhammad Salih is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer.
21 Facts About Muhammad Salih
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Muhammad Salih was the opposition candidate in the 1991 Uzbek presidential election, the first and only time an Uzbek president has faced a serious challenger in an election.
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Muhammad Salih was born in the Yangibazar District of the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan on December 20,1949.
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Muhammad Salih is a descendant of the well-known aristocratic family Khorezm Beks.
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Muhammad Salih was named after his birth as Muhammad Salih as consonant to his father's name, Muhammad Amin.
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Muhammad Salih translated the prose of Franz Kafka and French poets of the 20th century.
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Muhammad Salih's poems were first translated to Russian by Victor Sosnora and later by Alexey Parshchikov.
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Muhammed Muhammad Salih was not a member of the Communist Party.
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Muhammad Salih wrote his first political manifest in December 1984.
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In 1988 Muhammad Salih was elected Chairman of the Union of Writers of Uzbekistan thanks to collaboration with the KGB.
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In 1990 Muhammad Salih was elected to the Uzbek Supreme Council.
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Muhammad Salih was nominated as a candidate in the first presidential elections in Uzbekistan in December 1991 and was the only rival of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov.
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On June 2,1992 in response to increasing government repression, Muhammad Salih resigned from his position as the deputy of Oliy Majlis,.
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Muhammad Salih's brothers were detained and sentenced to long prison terms.
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Muhammad Salih was elected Chairman of the Board of Founders of PMU with the majority vote of the delegates of the organization.
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On November 28,2001 Muhammad Salih arrived to Prague by plane from Amsterdam at the invitation of Radio Free Europe.
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Muhammad Salih was detained at the Pankrac Prison, awaiting outcome of the extradition proceedings.
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Muhammad Salih had been granted political asylum in Norway, which ignored the international arrest warrant.
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Muhammad Salih was released from remand custody on December 11,2001, under the condition that he stay in the country until the extradition proceedings are finished.
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Muhammad Salih commented that, at least, the arrest won him a meeting with the Czech president, Vaclav Havel, who had been himself jailed for 5 years during communist era, and therefore brought fresh attention to the beleaguered cause of campaigning for democracy in one of the authoritarian states of Central Asia.
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On May 6,2006, Muhammad Salih was arrested and detained by the Swedish police at the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport due to the same international arrest warrant.