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13.11.2012 23:51 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Azimjan Askarov , a leading human rights activist imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan , has taken his case to the UN Human Rights Committee, in a complaint filed on his behalf by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Nurbek Toktakunov, a Kyrgyzstan-based lawyer.
29.10.2012 09:48 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Courts in southern Kyrgyzstan have sentenced two ethnic Uzbeks to life in prison following unfair trials on charges related to the June 2010 inter-ethnic violence in the region, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The verdicts follow many earlier flawed investigations and trials of ethnic Uzbeks link
22.10.2012 21:02 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kyrgyzstan in mid-October. During his three day visit, he went to the South of the republic and met the authorities. At the end of his visit, Mr Vollebaek gave Fergana an exclusive interview, in which he said that the underlyin
19.10.2012 09:56 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
An attempt on the life of Uzbek imam Obidhon-kori Nazarov took place on 22 February 2012 in Stromsund, Sweden. The Uzbek community in Stromsund believes that the imam has been an eyesore for the Tashkent authorities and has called on the imam to be vigilant. The attempted murderer shot the imam at t
16.10.2012 13:24 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
The promising detention of the former Kyrgyz president’s son in London, who left the country with his family and entourage after yet another “revolution” in 2010, was somewhat unexpected for observers.
15.10.2012 11:03 msk Business Uzbekistan
Communications company TeliaSonera has been shaken by a big scandal. A film shown on Swedish TV voiced suspicions that the management of this well known and large group of companies is involved in bribing powerful people and using corrupt business methods, in particular in regard to their Uzbekistan
04.10.2012 20:17 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
Photo: sign on the fence surrounding the Kyrgyzstan parliament building. Photo from the Facebook account of Zhanabil Davletbaev, facebook.com/zhanabil.kg
03.10.2012 16:57 msk Human Rights Tajikistan
Yet another scandal linked to the death of a man following torture has hit Tajikistan. A resident of Gissar District Hamza Ikromzoda died in investigative detention facility (IDF) No 1 in Dushanbe. Having received the body of the deceased, his family reported finding many signs of beatings and stron
02.10.2012 18:01 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
A picket called “Let’s show parliament our teeth” to defend free speech and access to information took place on 1 October 2012 outside the Kyrgyzstan Parliament building. The reason for the action was that Kyrgyzstan’s MPs have attempted to sabotage journalists’ work more than once.
26.09.2012 23:25 msk Human Rights Tajikistan
Tajikistan ’s media organisations and mass media outlets are beginning a joint action called “100 days of freedom in Tajnet”. The reasons for the joint action are regular blocks of websites and many violations of the rights of journalists.
25.09.2012 10:51 msk Interview Uzbekistan
In recent months and years the political and economic cooperation between the USA and Uzbekistan has been developing actively. This arouses lively interest and even some worry in other countries’ governments, and is a subject of discussion in the press and a reason for rumours amongst experts. Ferga
21.09.2012 09:49 msk Business Uzbekistan
On 19 September a Swedish public television current affairs program called Mission: Investigate (Uppdrag granskning) by journalists Sven Bergman, Joachim Dyfvermarkand and Fredrik Laurin, reported on Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera’s entrance to Uzbekistan.
20.09.2012 01:30 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Only a few years ago, Tashkent was seen as quite a safe and happy city: you could go for an evening stroll in most neighbourhoods. Sometimes the number of policemen on the street was annoying, but it is with good reason that Tashkent’s residents could proudly say that theirs was a safe city. It can
14.09.2012 20:14 msk Human Rights Russia
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ.org), a New York based organisation, announced that it has given four journalists, who risked their lives and freedom, to talk about abuses of power and human rights violations in Brazil, China , Kyrgyzstan and Liberia, the 2012 International Press Freedom A
14.09.2012 16:26 msk Kazakhstan Religious life
Police detained 32 year old Uzbek refugee Makset Djabbarbergenov on 5 September in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and on 7 September the Bostandyk District Prosecutor's Office issued authorisation to detain him for up to 40 days, until the Prosecutor General decides whether he is to be extradited to the Uzbek
14.09.2012 13:48 msk Business Uzbekistan
The court case against MTS-Uzbekistan (foreign enterprise of Uzdunrobita) is quickly moving towards the finishing line. The hearing began on 27 August and the court has managed to question all the participants and witnesses and publish the case materials. Yesterday, on 12 September, oral arguments t
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