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29.01.2015 17:51 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia Daniel Rosenblum told the Voice of America that over 300 modern military machines would be granted to Uzbekistan in the next few months. To be more specific, 308 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and 20 more armoured recovery to main
26.01.2015 00:31 msk Business Central Asia China Human Rights Uzbekistan
The construction of the fourth branch of the Uzbek section of the Central Asia—China gas pipeline will launch in the second half of 2015. An unidentified representative of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNCP) told the RIA Novosti news agency that the construction is estimated to cost $800
16.01.2015 21:30 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Speaking during a show on National Public Radio , Nisha Biswal , the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, said despite serious problems in the field of human rights in Uzbekistan, the US is prepared to practice “strategic patience” towards this country.
26.12.2014 15:00 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Migration Uzbekistan
Two days ago, several more innocent people were convicted for alleged anti-state activities and religious extremism in Uzbekistan. It is a very sad recurring event in this Central Asian country. Human rights activists almost daily toll the bells on torture in pretrial detention facilities and unfair
25.12.2014 13:40 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia
On 23 Dec 2014, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev signed a document, which brought his country into the fold of the European Economic Union Treaty. Talks on the conditions of Kyrgyzstan’s joining the union lasted literally until the very last hour. A source in the Kyrgyz foreign ministry told Ferg
17.12.2014 00:33 msk Books Central Asia Interview Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan
The cover page of the book “The Soviet Village: Between Colonialism and Modernism” by Sergey Abashin (ISBN 978-5-4448-0219-9 ISSN 1815-7912).
11.12.2014 13:55 msk Ferghana Valley Human Rights Interview Kyrgyzstan Politics
Eamon Gilmore , the former deputy prime minister and the former minister for foreign affairs of Ireland, visited Аzimjan Askarov, a human rights activists imprisoned for life, at the proposal of Front Line Defenders on the eve of the International Human Rights Day. Mr. Askarov has told about his cas
04.12.2014 11:57 msk Analytics Business Uzbekistan
Reports on the purported intentions of a Dutch company to invest in the textile industry in Uzbekistan went viral online. After all, an alleged amount of 50m USD is quite a significant amount to capture Uzbek and Russian online media outlets’ attention. This agency was no exception, because our audi
25.11.2014 23:05 msk Human Rights Politics Russia Turkmenistan
On 31 October 2014, the Presnenskiy District Court in Moscow dismissed the complaint lodged by Tatyana Shikhmuradova, the wife of Boris Sikhmuradov who is imprisoned for life in Turkmenistan. Mrs. Shikhmuradova lodged a lawsuit against the foreign affairs ministry of Russia, which has applied no eff
22.11.2014 12:01 msk Business Human Rights Kazakhstan
Roza Tuletayeva, a female convict in the Aktau Prison, has been released. According to Galym Ageleuov, the president of the Liberty Public Fund, mass media outlets, human rights activists and any interested in the events in Janaozen were able to obtain information only thanks to Ms. Tuletayeva.
12.11.2014 17:57 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Interview Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Several weeks ago ISIS (also known as ISIL and Islamic State) forces reached Turkey’s borders, destroying all ‘infidels’ in their path, by which they mean both Christians and Muslims belonging to other branches of Islam. Support for ISIS has also extended beyond its region: Afghan and Pakistani memb
09.11.2014 00:42 msk Central Asia China Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics Religious life
The Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XUAR) has been unstable over the last several years: Some in the local Uighur population are unhappy with the way the Chinese authorities are handling the region and are demanding independence from Beijing. Armed clashes between the Uighur population of the region and
24.10.2014 13:41 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Carnegie Moscow Center presented the “Exploring the Prospects of Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood” report compiled by the Carnegie Center and the Global Relations Forum (GRF) in Istanbul. The two organizations established a Working Group dedicated to exploring the potential fo
16.10.2014 10:39 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
A new letter DRD Partnership circulated late Tuesday is entitled “Recent reports about Gulnara are false and deliberately misleading.” “Gulnara” here is the elder daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, while DRD Partnership is a London-based consulting company that calls itself “an official repr
13.10.2014 13:40 msk Analytics Central Asia Politics Religious life Tajikistan
On 10 Oct 2014, a protest rally was planned in Dushanbe per announcements the leader of the oppositionist Gruppa 24 Umarali Kuvvatov made on social networks. The group’s plans included people taking to streets and waving “Tajikistan demands changes,” “Tajikistan without Rakhmon,” “Fair elections,” “
12.10.2014 23:11 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Statues of Alisher Navoi and Abdurakhman Jami in Samarkand. The great Turkic poet Alisher Navoi, the founder of the old Uzbek language through his creative works, was also known as the Farsi-speaking poet Alisher Fani. The great Tajik poet Abdurakhman Jami, a mentor and a friend of Navoi’s, said abo
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