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13.02.2017 00:02 msk Business Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Early February 2017, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree “On continued improvement of the institution of mahalla.”
31.01.2017 09:21 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan
Neo-patrimonial regimes have been established in Central Asian countries following the implosion of the Soviet Union. The new elites divided entire economies and “sweet-spot” government positions between “bosses” and their “vassals.” Meanwhile, the rest of the society, who are excluded from such net
26.01.2017 12:14 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
Such scribbles could be seen almost all over Southern Kyrgyzstan in the summer of 2010—residents called for help and protection from pogroms
24.01.2017 22:54 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
Early on January 24, a verdict was issued in the case of Azimjan Askarov , an ethnic Uzbek, journalist and human rights advocate, who was arrested during the bloody events in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. Mr Askarov was accused of organising mass disorders and killing of a police officer. Appell
20.01.2017 15:09 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Politics Tajikistan
Politicians and experts have long been expressing concerns regarding the situation on the Afghan side of the border near Tajikistan . The length of the border the two countries share is 1,344km, of which 920km are the Gorno-Badakhshan section while the remaining over 424km are the Khatlon Region of
18.01.2017 10:09 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Cotton Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The Harvard International Review 's January 2017 edition includes an academic article on problems with water supply in Central Asia. The article author Alisher Ilkhamov is Alisher Ilkhamov is a Research Associate at the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus at the School of Oriental and
16.01.2017 13:20 msk Business Central Asia China Ferghana Valley Interview Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan
“Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists rewrite the history of an ancient city.” China’s Xinhua news agency carried a report under this title on January 11, 2017, which cites a forum on archaeology of the Academy of Public Sciences of China. According to the report, a group of archaeologists from China an
28.12.2016 04:27 msk Analytics Business Central Asia China Kyrgyzstan Politics
The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan , also known as Pamir—a namesake of mountains, occupies about 40 per cent of Tajikistan’s territory, i.e. about 63,700 sq. km. The region borders on Kyrgyzstan in the north, China in the east and Afghanistan in the south. The Pamir mountain
20.12.2016 11:15 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Religious life Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan
A photo collage of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedow and preacher Fethullah Gulen
07.12.2016 09:27 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
President-elect of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
01.12.2016 10:39 msk Human Rights Interview Politics Russia Uzbekistan
A plane Russian citizen Yekaterian Sajneva was in landed in Uzbekistan on November 27. Ms Sajneva is a journalist for the Moskovskiy Komsomolets newspaper, who has been in Uzbekistan several times. She now has friends in Tashkent and Bukhara; she fell in love with this country; and she visited Naman
23.11.2016 07:34 msk Analytics Politics Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev
17.11.2016 17:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Rosaria Puglisi, NATO Liaison Officer to Central Asia, Head of Office
09.11.2016 13:37 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics
The fate of Ruslan Kulebayev, the best known “terrorist” in Kazakhstan at this time, will be known on November 2. Prosecutor Jarkyn Bakashbayev is asking to implement the capital punishment. Even though Kazakhstan does not apply the capital punishment due to an indefinite moratorium, charges of terr
30.10.2016 10:26 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan
Following the death of the first president of Uzbekistan, the public learnt there are other orators and politicians in Uzbekistan alongside the late head of state. The Uzbek population, as well as the greater world, is learning day by day about new faces and names. Perhaps Uzbek citizens will start
25.10.2016 18:44 msk Central Asia Human Rights Politics
Over the past decade, more than 800 journalists have been killed in the line of duty, and only 8% of these cases have been resolved. These are the official figures of the Director-General of UNESCO, an organization of 195 Member States.
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