Die Deutsche Welle web site reports charges against its correspondents in Uzbekistan Yuri Chernogayev, Sajera Ruzikulova, and Obid Shabanov dropped. They were initially accused of work without accreditation, tax evasion, slander against the president, and prejudiced reports on the events in Uzbekistan.

According to the broadcaster, the Tashkent municipal prosecutor's office compiled sufficient materials to accuse the correspondents in two-months investigation but decided not to press charges. The correspondents got off with a warning to abide by the law.

Charges were also pressed against Natalia Bushuyeva, another Die Deutsche Welle correspondent, but she managed to escape from Uzbekistan. Pro-government web site are already full of publications whose anonymous authors accuse Bushuyeva of non-professionalism and treason.