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12.11.2015 18:49 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Fergana just learnt Murad Jurayev, a well-known Uzbekistani oppositional political prisoner, has been released from prison on November 12. The photograph below was made almost immediately after his release and is post on Facebook.
04.11.2015 02:15 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
This fatigued man is well into his seventh decade. He was a boss of this or that kind more than half of his life. For a quarter-century he was under the rule of the despised others in Soviet times, and he has been Boss No. 1 in an independent country for almost the same number of years. At this time
02.11.2015 20:57 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Fire broke out in the house of Dmitriy Tikhonov, a journalist and rights advocate, and destroyed part of the house and property in the town of Yangiabad 15km from the city of Angren in Tashkent Region on October. The cause of fire is unknown at this time. The house owner learnt about the fire only o
16.10.2015 10:35 msk Politics Turkey, Republic of
The intense explosions that rocked Ankara on October 10 caused the deaths of some 100 individuals and wounds of scores. A rally for peace organised by trade unions and leftist organisations, including Kurdish ones, ended in a bloody mess. The Turkish authorities, undoubtedly, will attempt to lay the
15.10.2015 10:51 msk Analytics Business Politics Uzbekistan
Another important “threshold” has been passed in the Uzbek currency market: the US dollar now trades at over 5,000 soums. Illegal currency converters on the market are purchasing the US dollar at 4,950 soums and selling at 5,030. Thus, the value of the Uzbek national currency dropped 45.7% since the
29.09.2015 01:32 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
According to information Fergana obtained from several sources, thousands of residents of the city of Angren in Tashkent Region of Uzbekistan are engaged in this year’s cotton-picking campaign. The area is of particular interest because its one of the sites the World Bank has financed a project. One
23.09.2015 13:39 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Text and photos are copyrighted by Timur Karpov
18.09.2015 00:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
We discussed Russia’s “southward turn”, a much-discussed topic lately, with Vladimir Milov, a well-known Russian economist, politician and Demokraticheskiy Vybor Party Chairman. After all, the roads to “long monies” that are vital for any economy’s survival are closed in the Europe-bound directions.
09.09.2015 12:15 msk Politics Religious life Tajikistan
Over the last few days, Tajikistan again found itself under the mass media limelight and in the centre of the international communication’s attention. The reason is yet another armed mutiny in the country and the ensuing operation by the power-wielding bodies to capture the suspected militants scatt
30.08.2015 02:07 msk Afghanistan Central Asia China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group is one of the major threats to peace and stability in the world today, having caused so much speculation around this abbreviation. We believe it is simply necessary to interview one of the leading Russian experts on the matters of the Arab world. Aleksandr Shum
13.08.2015 12:56 msk Human Rights Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Idaho Man Found Guilty of Conspiracy and Attempt to Provide Material Support and Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device, US Department of Justice reports .
20.07.2015 10:40 msk Human Rights Internet Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Every five years starting in 1996 Uzbekistan delivers a report before UN Committee for Human Rights on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. There are very few people aware of this document in Uzbekistan, save the officials and a handful of pro-government NG
07.07.2015 12:00 msk Arts Politics Uzbekistan
There is a building in central Tashkent is known to every local and guest as well as other historical buildings around it: Navoi Theatre, Tashkent Hotel, the former Palace of Pioneers, the puppet theatre and the Sharq publishing house. The delicate concrete cube-shaped building is built on a higher
06.07.2015 00:37 msk Human Rights Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan
Muhiddin Kabiri, the leader of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), has inadvertently become the main newsmaker for Tajik and foreign mass media outlets. Mr Kabiri broke silence he kept for the last three weeks and made himself available for journalists.
01.07.2015 12:11 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Three incidents involving firearms have taken place in three different parts of the Uzbek borders with neighbours recently.
28.06.2015 13:23 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission under the US Congress held a session June 25 entitled “Civil and Political Rights in Uzbekistan and Central Asia: Implications for Post-2014 U.S. Foreign Policy.”
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