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31.05.2011 01:26 msk Politics Uzbekistan
On May 23-24, the newly formed People’s Movement of Uzbekistan opposition group, formed on the basis of the “May 13 Union,” had it first meeting in Berlin. The first day of the kurultai (traditional people’s gathering) congress was devoted to organizational issues, such as adoption of the movement’s
03.05.2011 18:26 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Speaking last Friday, April 29, Kyrgyz National Security State Service chief Keneshbek Dushebyaev said in an address to parliament that 400 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, mainly ethnic Uzbeks, are currently training in terrorist camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They went after the June events in southern
27.04.2011 15:57 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
Jalal-Abad provincial prosecutor’s office has concluded its criminal investigation against Uzbek community leaders in southern Kyrgyzstan ; namely Kadyrzhan Batyrov, Inom Abdurasulov, Abdrakhman Abdullayev, Makhamatrasul Abakzhanov, Khalilzhan Khudayberdiyev and Khavlon Mirzakhodzhaev. The file has
26.04.2011 10:40 msk Central Asia
Igor Rotar: Working in the States, I commonly answer numerous questions about the Central Asia asked by my American friends and ex-Russian citizens because I have long lived in the Central Asia and written a lot about it. These answers have come together in some kind of an essay that sums up at leas
21.04.2011 12:21 msk
A new oppositional movement, called “Popular movement of Uzbekistan ” recently created on the basis of the “Union of May 13”, which in turn, was set up in 2009 upon the platform of the ERK Democratic Party, organization of “Andijon: adolat va Tiklanish Tashkiloti” and the “Tayanch” society has made
13.04.2011 11:38 msk Arts Russia
The first international exhibition and fair “Oriental bazaar” has brought together some of the most versatile handcrafts from the Central Asia, China, India, Japan, Northern Africa, south-East Asia, Turkey and Middle East at the “Flakon” design factory between the 8th and 10th of April.
08.04.2011 09:26 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
On April 6, an NGO from Kyrgyzstan, called Human right protection center (HRPC) “Kylym Shamy”, has made a presentation of its monitoring report covering the court investigations of the tragic events of June 2010 in the south of Kyrgyzstan. Presentation has been given at a round table in Bishkek atte
07.04.2011 09:23 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
It’s been a year since the deposition of the former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiev. Fergana has sought opinions of experts on Central Asian matters as to the outcomes of the 2nd Kyrgyz revolution, also referred to as “popular” and ‘great” revolution by people in the country. Some experts, however
24.03.2011 16:45 msk Politics Russia
As any reader of Franz Kafka will know – defending yourself against undisclosed accusations can be a maddening affair.
23.03.2011 10:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
At least 868 people have been convicted under politically motivated charges in Uzbekistan in 2009 and 2010. Another 550-600 persons have been kept in short-term arbitrary detention. By the end of 2010, at least 105 suspects have been under investigation or in expectation of a trial. The report names
15.03.2011 10:30 msk Russia
A tightrope. The audience stares breathless. Tension is growing with each and every split second as 4-year old Sarvarbek who’s made it in the Guinness Book of records as the youngest rope-walker in the world is balancing high up on a tightrope, 50 feet above the ground. He is going to end his trip m
09.03.2011 17:07 msk Russia
Sanobar Shermatova was born in Uzbekistan. She graduated from the Russian Language and Literature Institute in Tashkent and the Moscow State University, department of Journalism, in Moscow. Sanobar was broadly recognized as the expert in Caucasian and Central Asian issues. She worked for the "Moscow
08.03.2011 15:47 msk
On March 4 in Tashkent, a meeting was held at the head office of the National Electronic Mass Media Association (NEMMA/ NAESMI ) with the directors of local FM radio stations to discuss the suitability of their output.
05.03.2011 19:07 msk Central Asia Religious life
Adeeb Khalid is Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies and History at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. A historian of modern Central Asia, he is the author of two books, The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia (University of California Press, 19
01.03.2011 21:32 msk
The demand (and prices) for satellite dishes in Tashkent has sky-rocketed since September 2010. Meanwhile, the boom would appear not to be caused by economic reasons, such as a sudden increase in the prosperity of the Uzbek people, but rather by politics: last fall, the “Kamalak-TV” cable provider,
27.02.2011 20:56 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
In June last year, the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh was struck by a terrible tragedy. In the inter-communal conflict - provoked by cruel and cynical gangsters - more than four hundred people were killed and thousands were injured. Hundreds of private homes were looted and burned down. As things gradu
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