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17.01.2014 23:48 msk Arts Uzbekistan
Two books of four Uzbek writers, who are currently or were previously jailed in Uzbekistan for political motives, are published in London, the UK.
15.01.2014 11:32 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Nematjon Siddikov before imprisonment. Photo from Uznews.net
04.01.2014 22:53 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan
What would happen if the “war” between the Uzbek secret services and the president’s elder daughter ends with Gulnara Karimova’s victory? Head of the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights Umida Niyazova maintains that such an outcome would certainly not lead to an alteration of the country’s authority
17.12.2013 08:29 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan Politics
On 4 Dec 2013, the former mayor of the Kyrgyz capital, Isa Omurkulov, “voluntarily resigned” from his post; his counterpart in Osh was dismissed from post the very next day. The two events stirred a lot of emotions in the two largest Kyrgyz cities.
11.12.2013 00:35 msk
Fergana international information agency.
09.12.2013 09:49 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
The six assembly of the Erk party was scheduled in Tashkent for 3 Dec 2013. But it was not meant to happen: a local café, the venue point for participants, was suddenly closed on that day due to gas cutoff while many regional delegates were prevented from reaching Tashkent. Why are the authorities s
06.12.2013 23:45 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Fergana learned that Uzbek authorities launched mass inspections of non-governmental non-profit organizations in Uzbekistan . The inspection teams include all the controlling bodies - the ministry of justices, tax agencies and other relevant government arms. One can only speculate as to the causes o
29.11.2013 09:14 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
On 27 Nov 2013, Muhammad Bekjan, an imprisoned Uzbek journalist, was awarded the annual award of the Freedom of Press instituted by the Reporters Without Borders (RWB). The award has been issued since 1992, and one journalist and one news media outlet can be awarded it, if judges find they made a si
25.11.2013 21:42 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan
Richard Glaub, a US citizen who worked as director of the National Democratic Institute in Uzbekistan for six years, now lives in Tashkent and is in a desperate, bedridden state.
22.11.2013 23:26 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The most striking part of the tragic event that took place in the city of Namangan in Uzbekistan this June is the law enforcement and supervision authorities’ absolute unwillingness to interfere, although it is murder we are talking about. According to the killed young man’s mother, her son was beat
11.11.2013 20:19 msk Politics Tajikistan
Voters at a polling station in Dushanbe. November 6, 2013
04.11.2013 23:22 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan
The president of Uzbekistan has long been called, behind his back of course, “Father.” To be sure, not an “Uzbekbashi,” like the previous president of Turkmenistan was called “Turkmenbashi” (“The head of all Turkmen”) or “Yelbasy” (“The leader of nation”) like the Kazakhs call their president. Uzbek
30.10.2013 10:05 msk Human Rights Politics Turkmenistan
The Turkmenistan Civic Solidarity Group announces the beginning of our international campaign, “Prove They Are Alive!”
26.10.2013 13:06 msk Central Asia Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Alisher Saipov, a well-known journalist, was killed with three gunshots on this day six years ago. He would have turned 32 this September.
14.10.2013 19:57 msk Analytics Central Asia Uzbekistan
Contact between a human body and quick lime is more likely to be associated with the gruesome dissolution of mafia victims’ corpses than with getting high.
14.10.2013 10:42 msk Politics Uzbekistan
According to the leader of the Birdamlik opposition movement, Bakhodir Choriyev, the movement will be reformed to establish the Birdamlik Liberal Economic Party of Uzbekistan (BLEPU). Mr. Choriyev writes about his plans for the movement in the Manual for Practicing Civil Activity, which he authored.
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