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Secret arrest again. Still no respect for human rights in Uzbekistan

Secret arrest again. Still no respect for human rights in Uzbekistan

03.10.2017 09:10 msk Human Rights Internet Politics Uzbekistan

The atmosphere in Uzbekistan is changing; breathing is becoming freer. A more biting press is emerging, the previously crushed and cornered public is reviving, and the authorities loudly declare adherence to universal human rights.

Cotton Slavery in Uzbekistan: The Last Victims?

Cotton Slavery in Uzbekistan: The Last Victims?

28.09.2017 17:32 msk Analytics Cotton Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

This cotton season in Uzbekistan barely started has already claimed lives of four people. The sad statistics of the newest Uzbek "cotton-growing" replenishes year by year.

Russian oligarch powered flight of the second president of Uzbekistan to the West

Russian oligarch powered flight of the second president of Uzbekistan to the West

24.09.2017 11:04 msk Analytics Editorial Politics Uzbekistan

September visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the United States intended to participate in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, actually accommodated many important events for official Tashkent, diplomatic, economic and humanitarian. Somehow, this trip of the Uzbek lea

Human rights defender about forced deportation of Uzbeks

Human rights defender about forced deportation of Uzbeks

21.09.2017 09:57 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Russia Uzbekistan

Human rights defender Bahrom Khamroev was born in Uzbekistan , but since 1992 he lives in Russia. Working for the Moscow-based Memorial Centre Bahrom oversees issues related to the protection of the civil rights of fellow countrymen and migrant workers who have arrived from other Central Asia republ

Uzbekistan Football Federation Ltd

Uzbekistan Football Federation Ltd

17.09.2017 19:46 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Article illustrations: the official Twitter of the Football Federation of Uzbekistan, own Fergana photos

Muhammad Salih: «I will return to Uzbekistan only as a completely free man!»

Muhammad Salih: «I will return to Uzbekistan only as a completely free man!»

08.09.2017 18:03 msk Human Rights Interview Opposition Politics Uzbekistan

As Fergana previously reported, Interpol supposedly removed the names of the Uzbek opposition leader Muhammad Salih and his younger brother Maksud Bekzhan from its wanted list. Salih himself had talked about this to a BBC journalist. Fergana’s Editor-in-chief editor Daniil Kislov spoke to the poli-t

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan preferred to resolve border issue secretly

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan preferred to resolve border issue secretly

06.09.2017 23:21 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan

On 5 September, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Bishkek to sign the agreement on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. Many experts, including the leadership of both republics, are considering the first visit of the Uzbek president to Kyrgyzstan in 17 years as a sign of warming of bilateral relatio

Elena Serebryanik–Bell: «I found My Tashkent Sun in the state of New Mexico»

Elena Serebryanik–Bell: «I found My Tashkent Sun in the state of New Mexico»

02.09.2017 18:47 msk Arts Russia Uzbekistan

What do Russian theater, Uzbek poetry, public diplomacy and the U.S. State Department have in common? Please, meet the native of Tashkent, Ms. Elena Serebryanik-Bell, actress, choreographer, and interpreter - in the broadest sense of the word, since Elena, among other things, is perhaps the main pra

Islam Karimov: A great ruler or enemy of the people?

Islam Karimov: A great ruler or enemy of the people?

28.08.2017 18:04 msk Editorial Politics Uzbekistan

Exactly one year ago in Uzbekistan, a theatrical but rather false staging played under the title "Our president is alive and well."

Is Uzbekistan opening? Tashkent will host OSCE Central Asia media conference

Is Uzbekistan opening? Tashkent will host OSCE Central Asia media conference

14.07.2017 22:21 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

The 19th Central Asia media conference named “Open Journalism in Central Asia” organised by the office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will be held in Tashkent on 18-19 October 2017. It is expected that participants, “including journalists, representatives from governments, civil

Dictator’s relatives. Nephew of late Islam Karimov granted refugee status in Ukraine escaping extradition to Uzbekistan

Dictator’s relatives. Nephew of late Islam Karimov granted refugee status in Ukraine escaping extradition to Uzbekistan

30.06.2017 15:51 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Russia Uzbekistan

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine denied the extradition request of Akbar Abdullaev by Uzbekistan , where he is accused of a number of economic crimes, his lawyer Oliver Wallash informed Fergana about it on 27 June.

Human Rights Defenders: World Bank should press Uzbekistan for abandoning cotton slavery

Human Rights Defenders: World Bank should press Uzbekistan for abandoning cotton slavery

29.06.2017 15:18 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Uzbekistan

If you google “modern cotton slavery” phrase you would immediately understand what a country will be discussed. These words are tightly connected with Uzbekistan . Although, how much tightly?

Uzbekistan: mahalla waiting for President!

Uzbekistan: mahalla waiting for President!

15.06.2017 22:50 msk Analytics Business Editorial Politics Uzbekistan

Mahalla (in Uzbek, accent on the last syllable) - is a quarter community in the cities and villages of Central Asia

Uzbekistan: Unprecedented public outcry at murder of 18-years-old student

Uzbekistan: Unprecedented public outcry at murder of 18-years-old student

05.06.2017 10:53 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

On 4 June at 12 am in Tashkent, an impromptu public action was held at the entrance to Bobur Park in Tashkent to collect signatures under the petition demanding “To punish those guilty of the death of Ibragimov Jasurbek” - a student of the Tashkent medical college brutally beaten in early May and di

What Changes May Come? Editorial by Ernest Zhanaev

What Changes May Come? Editorial by Ernest Zhanaev

02.06.2017 11:53 msk Central Asia Editorial Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

This May brought remarkable events, which will develop during summer vacations and will define how autumn will develop further. Surely, these are activities around presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan clearing and modifying political and media space for the pro-presidential candidate, or Uzbekistan

Russia, Central Asia, migrants. Where and how extremism threatens?

Russia, Central Asia, migrants. Where and how extremism threatens?

25.05.2017 12:54 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

The recent terror act in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April, in the organisation of which Russian special services suspect people from Central Asia, exacerbated issues related to migration processes from the countries of this region to Russia. Last week in Moscow, the Sakharov Center jointly with t

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