Late Uzbek leader's dissidents still out in the cold In a series of interviews with AFP in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, former political prisoners like the journalist Dilmurod Said acknowledge that progress has been made as new leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev takes steps to reverse the country's isolationist course, but say abuses are still occurring and urge the world not to turn a blind eye. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES