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13.09.2017 16:31 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life
On 12 September, the District Court in Bishkek sentenced journalist Zulpukar Sapanov to four years in prison finding him guilty of "inciting inter-religious hostility". Sapanov wrote and published the "Kydyr sanjyrasy" (literal translation - "Genealogy of the forefather Kydyr") book in which the aut
08.09.2017 18:03 msk Human Rights Interview Opposition Politics Uzbekistan
As Fergana previously reported, Interpol supposedly removed the names of the Uzbek opposition leader Muhammad Salih and his younger brother Maksud Bekzhan from its wanted list. Salih himself had talked about this to a BBC journalist. Fergana’s Editor-in-chief editor Daniil Kislov spoke to the poli-t
15.08.2017 23:28 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Religious life Russia
For the first time in Kazakhstan, the priest of the Orthodox parish is in the court charged with the violation of the law “On Religious Activities and Religious Associations.”
14.07.2017 22:21 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The 19th Central Asia media conference named “Open Journalism in Central Asia” organised by the office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will be held in Tashkent on 18-19 October 2017. It is expected that participants, “including journalists, representatives from governments, civil
04.07.2017 10:55 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
The President of Kyrgyzstan once again celebrates his victory. Almazbek Atambayev could manage to outdo his predecessors in his state post: he practically neutralised the opposition, divided civil and journalistic society, squeezed out dissenters from the country, he simply slandered the most “stubb
30.06.2017 15:51 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Russia Uzbekistan
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine denied the extradition request of Akbar Abdullaev by Uzbekistan , where he is accused of a number of economic crimes, his lawyer Oliver Wallash informed Fergana about it on 27 June.
29.06.2017 15:18 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Uzbekistan
If you google “modern cotton slavery” phrase you would immediately understand what a country will be discussed. These words are tightly connected with Uzbekistan . Although, how much tightly?
15.06.2017 19:28 msk Human Rights Politics Turkmenistan
A modern history of independent and neutral Turkmenistan has fixed a tradition: if the government does not succeed, for example, the treasury becomes empty and there is nothing to pay many months of salary debts to civil servants, or the intimidated people are on the verge of displeasure, the power
13.06.2017 06:37 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
The second largest ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan is Uzbek: according to statistical data of 2015, there are about 900 thousand people, which is almost 15% of the total number of residents. At the same time, there is no opportunity for Uzbek youth to get a high-quality secondary education and even less
05.06.2017 10:53 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
On 4 June at 12 am in Tashkent, an impromptu public action was held at the entrance to Bobur Park in Tashkent to collect signatures under the petition demanding “To punish those guilty of the death of Ibragimov Jasurbek” - a student of the Tashkent medical college brutally beaten in early May and di
01.06.2017 12:31 msk Analytics Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life
For the past seven years, the number of convicts for extremism and terrorism in Kyrgyzstan has tripled. In 2009, according to the State Penitentiary Service (SSC), 51 people were convicted for such crimes, whereas today 185 people including 7 women are serving their sentences. Among this category of
29.05.2017 16:21 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia
In the evening on 27 May 2017 the major television channel of Kyrgyzstan aired an 8-minute report with the speaking name ‘Instigators,’ in which the Bishkek journalist Ulugbek Babakulov was accused of inciting ethnic hatred, and the website of the Fergana News Agency was called ‘biased’ and called t
16.05.2017 21:58 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Internet Kazakhstan Media Review Politics
In Kazakhstan , most of the media owners are hiding behind their formal founders. But, as they say, if the secret is known to three – then everyone knows this. Having talked with experts Fergana News Agency made its own list of the true owners of the Kazakh media.
15.05.2017 16:58 msk Analytics Ferghana Valley Human Rights Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Activists of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (PAU) held a traditional action in the centre of Tashkent at the foot of the ‘Courage’ monument on 13 May to commemorate the hundreds of peaceful Andijan residents, who died during the shooting of the rally 12 years ago. To the surprise of the par
15.05.2017 08:49 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has been in Uzbekistan since 10 until 12 May 2017. Human rights defenders and civil society activists both at home and abroad were eagerly awaiting this important event. It was the first trip of the UN official to this country and to Centra
11.05.2017 13:59 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
In the photo to the left - Azamjon Farmonov before and during the imprisonment
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