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15.02.2011 08:53 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The already short list of journalists, who are officially registered with the Uzbek ministry of exterior, has recently shrank. There were 38 such journalists last year, the renewed list now has 33. Given that some 80 foreign journalists were accredited prior to the Andijan events [in 2005], attempts
13.02.2011 23:13 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
Even the publication of the commission’s findings which found no calls for separation in the Uzbek leaders’ words and actions has not helped to clear them of suspicion. The Kyrgyz-language newspapers are tirelessly providing new details of “conspiracies” against the country’s integrity. The campaign
11.02.2011 13:14 msk Analytics Central Asia
The infrastructure in the republics of Central Asia is steadily disappearing: the roads, power plants, hospitals, and schools and the last generation of Soviet-trained specialists who have kept this all running. Post-independence regimes made little effort to maintain or replace either, and funds al
08.02.2011 10:01 msk Politics Uzbekistan
With such a backdrop behind, revolutions and popular uprising shaking the Middle East these days became an exception even for such “myopic” media outlets as those in Uzbekistan. Strangely enough, many Uzbek mass media are covering these events taking place in the Arab world. However, not everything
02.02.2011 15:10 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan
Kadyrzhan Batyrov, one of the leaders of Uzbek community in Kyrgyzstan, the founder and president of private university in Jalal-Abad, former parliamentary deputy and state advisor of second rank, became the major person involved in June tragedy in southern Kyrgyzstan. Both national and independent
25.01.2011 09:47 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
Poorly researched, political and overly assertive, the official report into last year’s violence in Osh and Jalal-Abat leaves as many questions as it answers. The national discussion to follow must avoid similar pitfalls.
19.01.2011 14:48 msk Kazakhstan Politics
At the end of last week the parliament of Kazakhstan unanimously approved the decision to amend Constitution and the number of constitutional laws. The goal of amendments was to offer Nursultan Nazarbayev the opportunity to stay as president until 2020 without running presidential elections. The dep
12.01.2011 23:15 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
Photo: Barricades, built by the civilians during Osh riots, June, 2010
10.01.2011 15:07 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan
Professor Alexander Knyazev, the consultant of the Institute of political solutions (Almaty) became one of the first experts, raising the expected destabilization in Kyrgyzstan and its reasons. "Explosions and other terrorist acts will become the part of regular life in Kyrgyzstan" professor Knyazev
27.12.2010 12:54 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
On December 23, 210 the Justice Ministry of Uzbekistan officially denied the accreditation of Steve Swerdlow, the head of representative office of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and his wife Tandot Bhakti Dhirsinh.
24.12.2010 10:11 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
The government of Kyrgyzstan, formed by majority coalition, just started the work, but it is already being criticized not only "in the kitchens", but also in public. The problem is in people (as always) that do not inspire confidence while separate names personify the insult over weak belief in the
20.12.2010 19:10 msk Analytics Russia
Six months ago I and my colleagues worked in Kyrgyzstan. The mass media refer to the events, which brought us there, as "Osh massacre" while the official sources prefer to delicately name it as "interethnic clashes". In fact these were very large-scale and very brutal pogroms, Kyrgyz slaughtered loc
17.12.2010 10:03 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Ezgulik human rights organization directed the report to Shigeo Katsu, vice-Presdient of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia , where it analyzed the World Bank project on Rural Enterprise Support, phase 2 (RESP-2). In accordance with this project, the World Bank allocates $67.96 million to Uz
16.12.2010 15:25 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
The workers of Kylym Shamy human rights center ( Kyrgyzstan ) conducted serious work and prepared a revised list of people, killed in the June tragedy. The list is not final yet and it does not have all the last names of deceased people. There are still 36 unidentified bodies and some missing people
13.12.2010 19:08 msk Arts Uzbekistan
The official website of Uzbekkino, national agency of Uzbekistan, published the list of "prohibited" movies. This list is being frequently updated and reviewed. Between June 23, 2002 and October 15, 2010 the black list, prepared by Uzbek officials, included 744 films of local and foreign production
10.12.2010 11:57 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan
Alexander Knyazev, the coordinator of regional programs, senior fellow in the Institute of Oriental Studies under Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), the consultant of the Institute of political decisions (Almaty), answered the questions of Fergana Chief Editor Daniil Kislov. The conversation cove
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