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Merciless Uzbekistan: New law on registration throws orphans out to street

Merciless Uzbekistan: New law on registration throws orphans out to street

21.08.2013 01:20 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The Mekhribonlik [Mercy] orphanage in Tashkent

Western fast food in Kyrgyz south: kitsch, affordable, tasty

Western fast food in Kyrgyz south: kitsch, affordable, tasty

19.08.2013 13:02 msk Business Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan

Ismail is a cook at Kumush Café, who prepares hamburgers. In his free time, he writes songs hitting top of charts at a local radio station.

New place, old problems: No water or electricity. Glimpsing at life of resettles in Osh (images)

New place, old problems: No water or electricity. Glimpsing at life of resettles in Osh (images)

13.08.2013 23:11 msk Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan

In April 2013, we wrote that ethnic Uzbek natives of Osh were forcibly moved from their homes to a suburban settlement of On Adyr (The Ten Hills). The houses that were preventing roads from expansion were destroyed and their owners were resettled. Fergana’s own correspondent Yekaterina Ivashchenko t

Uzbekistan’s New Centurions

Uzbekistan’s New Centurions

12.08.2013 09:15 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan

The «Sunny Country», as Uzbekistan has been called under «President Islam Karimov’s leadership» lately, continues relentlessly surprising the world with original innovations.

Independence «joys»: Who is to fill the Uzbek budget?

Independence «joys»: Who is to fill the Uzbek budget?

01.08.2013 09:08 msk Business Uzbekistan

A public service announcement by the tax committee

Uzbekistan: Want to marry? See a doctor!

Uzbekistan: Want to marry? See a doctor!

25.07.2013 22:16 msk Human Rights Migration Russia Uzbekistan

As is well known, young and able-bodied men from Uzbekistan travel to Russia seeking employment en mass every year. Their absence in the country has somewhat impacted ceremonies of one of the most traditional Uzbek rituals—weddings. For example, for the last several years, young couples willing to j

Floor given to Uzbek opposition: Failure and degradation or unification and progress?

Floor given to Uzbek opposition: Failure and degradation or unification and progress?

22.07.2013 00:56 msk Analytics Interview Politics Uzbekistan

Nigara Khidoyatova, Uzbek democratic opposition leader

Uzbek president’s younger daughter buys $58m palace in California

Uzbek president’s younger daughter buys $58m palace in California

04.07.2013 09:23 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Uzbek president’s younger daughter, Lola Tillayeva-Karimova, 34, bought the Le Palais palace in Beverly Hills, Califorina, for 58 million USD, The Real Estalker wrote.

Doctors in Uzbekistan on cotton fields: “Impossible to refuse”

Doctors in Uzbekistan on cotton fields: “Impossible to refuse”

03.07.2013 00:01 msk Analytics Business Cotton Uzbekistan

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights compiled and distributed a new video clip on the forced labor of doctors and other medicine-related professionals to weeding cotton fields in Uzbekistan .

Islam Karimov: Far from reality

Islam Karimov: Far from reality

24.06.2013 23:35 msk Analytics Business Interview Migration Politics Russia Uzbekistan

President Islam Karimov pictured rapping “those lazy migrants” during an interview with the Uzbekistan TV Channel

Catherine Fitzpatrick: Uzbek nation entitled to all rights as others, but not right to extremism

Catherine Fitzpatrick: Uzbek nation entitled to all rights as others, but not right to extremism

31.05.2013 00:26 msk Central Asia Human Rights Interview Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan

The US-based independent expert on Eurasia and Russian translator Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick answered Fergana editor-in-chief's questions. The interview was on the recent arrest of another former Uzbek citizen in the United States, Fazliddin Kurbanov. The expert is certain that there were most seriou

Fazliddin Kurbanov’s case, or How President Islam Karimov’s opponents are persecuted in the USA

Fazliddin Kurbanov’s case, or How President Islam Karimov’s opponents are persecuted in the USA

28.05.2013 09:22 msk Analytics Human Rights Migration Politics Uzbekistan

Fazliddin Kurbanov, an Uzbekistani immigrant in the USA was detained for alleged support of terrorism. He will appear in court early July and will be held in detention until then. See the official affidavit on the CNN’s website .

German airbase in Uzbekistan: Illegal market for German goods

German airbase in Uzbekistan: Illegal market for German goods

08.05.2013 22:03 msk Business Central Asia Politics Uzbekistan

The Strategic Military and Transport Base of the Federative Republic of Germany is located in the Uzbek town of Termez near the Afghan border; its maintenance costs several tens of millions of euros a year.

Uzbek President: “It is impossible to encircle the Internet with an iron fence or ban it”

Uzbek President: “It is impossible to encircle the Internet with an iron fence or ban it”

05.04.2013 21:48 msk Internet Uzbekistan

President Islam Karimov is against restricting Internet access

Uzbek opposition leader insists President Karimov suffered heart failure

Uzbek opposition leader insists President Karimov suffered heart failure

23.03.2013 23:03 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Muhammad Salih (l) and President Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov and the Goldfish

Islam Karimov and the Goldfish

18.03.2013 09:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Ferghana Valley Politics Uzbekistan

Several Uzbek mass media outlets unexpectedly started beating the war bells over the last several days. Alert! The motherland is in danger! Russian and Central Asian mass media outlets echoed said concerns in reprinted articles with hints of dysphoria. This time around the chief alarmist is Ubaydull

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