Uzbekistan: Jamshid Mukhtorov arrested in the USA and a former police officer from Uzbekistan used to be friends

24.02.2012 21:57 msk Migration Uzbekistan

In the course of the journalist investigation of the case of Jamshid Mukhtorov , arrested in the U.S upon terrorist charges, Fergana learned of another refugee from Uzbekistan , formerly a high ranking police officer in Jizak, who had been granted political asylum in the United States at about the s

Uzbekistan: What’s the use of “corn labyrinths” for tourism development?

10.02.2012 23:44 msk Business Uzbekistan

It’s never been easy to get an accurate statistics data of Uzbekistan . You can’t even find out for sure how many people live in this mysterious country: haw many men and women, how many prisoners and policemen, not to speak of millionaires or unemployed and labor migrants.

France: Human right activists extend their congratulations to Islam Karimov, too

31.01.2012 13:49 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Human right activists from a number of international NGOs, including ACAT-France (Action des chretiens pour l'abolition de la torture et des executions capitals), FIDH (The International Federation for Human Rights), Amnesty International-France, the French League for Human Rights (LDH), along with

Kazakh opposition speakers jailed for rally

29.01.2012 23:35 msk Politics Russia

Villagers in Uzbekistan are freezing without natural gas which has been exported abroad

25.01.2012 21:53 msk Business Uzbekistan

Greenhouse gardening has traditionally been the major business and principal source of income for many villagers in the provinces surrounding the capital of Uzbekistan . This year, however, many villages have been disconnected from natural gas supplies forcing their residents switch to coal and wood

Why does Nazarbaev need a multi-party parliament?

17.01.2012 21:56 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

As a result of parliamentary elections conducted in Kazakhstan on the 15th of January, the pro-presidential Nur-Otan party (local version of “United Russia” wins over 80% of votes, while the two satellite parties (“Ak-Jol” and “People’s communists”) hardly reach the 7% threshold. With three politica

Kyrgyzstan: A nazi and a drug lord in charge of police in Osh?

17.01.2012 10:42 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

On January 11, a new chief of police was appointed in the Osh city police department. According to the local online news agency, the new police chief Suyun Omurzakov used to be a deputy minister of interior and a representative of the Kyrgyz ministry of interior in Russian Federation.

Reporters Without Borders: Tajik opposition journalist Dodojon Atovulloev stabbed in Moscow

13.01.2012 18:12 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the assault yesterday on the Tajik journalist Dodojon Atovulloev, who was stabbed in a Moscow restaurant, and calls on the Russian police to do all it can to identify his attacker and those behind the crime.

"In Kyrgyzstan, corruption is not a problem for the state, it IS the state"

30.12.2011 22:01 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyzstani state should be understood primarily as a market for investing in public offices, claims a Swedish political scientist in a newly published doctoral thesis. Dr. Johan Engvall says ordinary political theory does not even provide us with the tools to understand the Central Asian republ

Who and what’s behind the riots in Kazakhstan?

19.12.2011 08:24 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

The conflict in the town of Zhanaozen ( Kazakhstan ) taking dozens of lives did not start a day before. Already in May 2011, oil workers were protesting in the town’s central square demanding a pay raise from the owners of a Kazakhstan-Chinese oil company. Since the capitalists declined to give in,

Kyrgyzstan: Who’s gonna rescue the victims of “ethnic tortures”?

15.12.2011 10:20 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Since June 14, 2010, the France-based Association of “Human rights in the Central Asia” has received a huge amount of complaints filed by citizens of Kyrgyzstan of Uzbek ethnic origin, reporting all kinds of violation of their rights committed by the law enforcement and investigative bodies. As a re

Security forces speak of illegal network of extremist organizations in place in the Central Asia

09.12.2011 20:56 msk Central Asia Politics

Special security services of the CIS-member states acknowledge the presence of extremist organizations within the Central Asia.

Kyrgyzstan: Sexual violence amidst ethnic conflict

05.12.2011 10:51 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

«Kyrgyzstan: Sexual violence amidst ethnic conflict» - such is the title of the new Report of the Association «Human Rights in Central Asia». Publication of the Report has been timed to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. From 25 November to 10 December 2011 An inter

Q & A: Khudaiberdiyev on Kyrgyz trial, press freedom

02.12.2011 10:12 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

In late October, a regional court in Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan , convicted and sentenced in absentia to hefty prison terms two ethnic Uzbek media owners, Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev of Mezon TV and Khalil Khudaiberdiyev of Osh TV. Both men were tried in connection to the ethnic conflict that rava

Almazbek Atambaev inaugurated as the president of Kyrgyzstan

01.12.2011 13:20 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

In 2011, for the first time in the history of independent Kyrgyzstan, presidency has been peacefully transferred from one president to another with inauguration of Almazbek Atambaev in Bishkek on the 1st of December. The two of his predecessors, Askar Akaev and Kurmanbek Bakiev were overthrown as a

Sex slavery: personal story in detail

01.12.2011 09:16 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

It’s never been a secret that women from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan regularly work abroad as prostitutes. Yet, few people know of details of such “labor migration”. Fergana has taken an interview of a person, citizen of Bishkek, who has worked as a prostitute in Dubai (OAE).