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Uzbek President will visit Prague after all. If case he wins next elections. Anyone doubtful he will fail?

Uzbek President will visit Prague after all. If case he wins next elections. Anyone doubtful he will fail?

07.10.2014 09:37 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan

Uzbek President Islam Karimov, whose trip to Prague was cancelled and indefinitely postponed, will be able to travel to the Czech Republic in 2015, in case he wins the next elections and remains president.

Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan: Another show for foreigners

Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan: Another show for foreigners

06.10.2014 10:40 msk Politics Uzbekistan

On September 11, the Central Elections Committee of Uzbekistan turned the green light for political parties: they can now officially launch their pre-election campaigns, which was supposed to start mid-September. The actual parliamentary elections for seats in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis

“Until the very end”: Human Rights Watch issues report on political prisoners in Uzbekistan

“Until the very end”: Human Rights Watch issues report on political prisoners in Uzbekistan

29.09.2014 04:01 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

Human Rights Watch presented a report entitled “‘Until the Very End’: Politically Motivated Imprisonment in Uzbekistan” in Warsaw, Poland. The 121-page document is based on 150 in-depth interviews with the relatives of political prisoners, their lawyers, human rights activists and former Uzbek offic

That awkward moment! Gulnara Karimova has a new PR team

That awkward moment! Gulnara Karimova has a new PR team

23.09.2014 12:12 msk Human Rights Interview Politics Uzbekistan

Many Russian and European mass media circulated images depicting Gulnara Karimova rudely held by hands by people in fatigues. Ms. Karimova’s “official representative,” Locksley Ryan of Davidson Ryan Dore , provided the images in question.

Recep Erdogan’s “Crimea dilemma”

Recep Erdogan’s “Crimea dilemma”

19.09.2014 10:23 msk Analytics Politics Russia Turkey, Republic of

One of many rallies in Turkey in support of the Crimean Tatars

TeliaSonera and Uzbekistan: A mismatch?

TeliaSonera and Uzbekistan: A mismatch?

10.09.2014 23:50 msk Analytics Business Politics Uzbekistan

Several sources of Fergana.Ru in Tashkent partially confirm information on the probable departure of the TeliaSonera Swedish-Finnish Telecommunications Concern from the mobile communications market of Uzbekistan. The reasons behind such a move are quite obvious.

Uzbekistan: Festivities for the chosen few, the nation only seen in the crowd scene!

Uzbekistan: Festivities for the chosen few, the nation only seen in the crowd scene!

03.09.2014 07:13 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

It was impossible to freely and easily reach one’s destination either on foot or driving in central Tashkent over the last few days of August. The reason for that was rather banal: heavy traffic jams resulting from visits the country’s president was paying to newly-built facilities and buildings in

Speak Up for success

Speak Up for success

09.07.2014 23:47 msk Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Speak Up is part of the largest language school network in Poland, which belongs to the international capital group Empik Media & Fashion. In 2012 revenues of the Group were about PLN 3.2 billion (over 1 trillion USD).

Who makes up with rate of the national currency of Uzbekistan?

Who makes up with rate of the national currency of Uzbekistan?

25.06.2014 20:22 msk Analytics Business Interview Uzbekistan

Interview with Shermamat Abdullozoda, who held senior positions in the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury of the Republic Of Uzbekistan.

Birdamlik at ten: The leader’s personality stronger than ideas

Birdamlik at ten: The leader’s personality stronger than ideas

09.06.2014 12:12 msk Analytics Business Interview Politics Uzbekistan

The Birdamlik political opposition movement hosted a convention in St. Louis, USA, late April, and stirred a fair amount interest in the movement. We have written many articles on the founder of the movement, Mr. Bakhodir Choriyev, and his ideas for a nonviolent regime change in Uzbekistan; we have

Uzbekistan: The Karimov regime is still firm

Uzbekistan: The Karimov regime is still firm

20.02.2014 11:05 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

The destruction of the shadow business empire Gulnara Karimova built does not indicate her father, the president of Uzbekistan, is growing weak; on the contrary, this is a sign of his might.

Uzbekistan: Anti-Gay Law Strikes Terror Into Gay People, but Enriches the Police (18+)

Uzbekistan: Anti-Gay Law Strikes Terror Into Gay People, but Enriches the Police (18+)

07.02.2014 17:15 msk Human Rights Interview Uzbekistan

Photo: A scene from the play White, White Black Stork at Tashkent’s Ilkhom theater.

Steve Swerdlow: Czech President must cancel Islam Karimov’s visit to Prague

Steve Swerdlow: Czech President must cancel Islam Karimov’s visit to Prague

06.02.2014 23:13 msk Human Rights Interview Politics Uzbekistan

The president of Uzbekistan will pay a two-day visit to Prague on 21 Feb 2014. Human rights activists in Europe are preparing to greet Islam Karimov with protest rallies: Mutabar Tajibayeva, the head of the Fiery Hearts Club, promises that they will firmly demand Karimov free all political prisoners

AN OPEN LETTER TO JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, TO ALL THEIR COLLEAGUES WORLDWIDE

AN OPEN LETTER TO JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, TO ALL THEIR COLLEAGUES WORLDWIDE

30.01.2014 12:46 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Last night, on Jan. 29, six journalists, photographers and activists have been detained by Uzbek police and taken to an unknown location in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Their names are Umida Akhmedova, Timur Karpov, Alexei Ulko, Ashot Danielyan, Ilgar Gasymov and Gulsum Osmanova.

Uzbekistan: Non Format club photos censored (photo, video)

Uzbekistan: Non Format club photos censored (photo, video)

28.01.2014 10:18 msk Arts Human Rights Uzbekistan

The Non Format photographers club launched the Odno Prostranstvo (One Space) exhibition at the House of Photography in Tashkent on 25 Jan 2014. Initially, 12 photo-artists were to participate, but the works of two were prohibited from being displayed at the very last moment; a number of other artist

IT break, or Why Migrants Need Internet

IT break, or Why Migrants Need Internet

19.01.2014 11:15 msk Human Rights Internet Migration Russia Uzbekistan

The Sankt-Peterburg Center for Independent Sociological Research issued a report on communicative strategies and information resources, which Uzbek migrants in Russia mostly use. The report is entitled “Uzbek Migrants in Russia: Information Space and Social Communications” and is based on a research

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