The Blocked and the Bad: The Internet in Uzbekistan

HRW's Steve Swerdlow speaks with VOA journalist Navbahor Imamova about her daily struggle with Uzbekistan's notoriously troublesome online connection to the outside world. Both VOA and HRW (among many other news sites and human rights organizations) are often blocked in Uzbekistan, but it's patchy, inconsistent and unpredictable. What's more, there are also infrastructure troubles on top of the political issues.