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02.11.2007 14:28 msk Cotton Uzbekistan
Press Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Great Britain categorically denounces the use of children in agriculture. The denouncement became a response to the recent BBC program on the use of children in cotton picking in Uzbekistan.
26.10.2007 18:59 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
Very many take time to emerge, just like a photo does in a dark room. They begin with coming to be regarded as "promising" and some even live up to the expectations in due time. Some, not all. The majority, however, end up just like that - with once being regarded as promising their principal achiev
26.10.2007 18:57 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
His life was brief but blazing. He was a genuine journalist, a man ever in search of information, a man capable of understanding everyone from Islamists to technocrats. What really counts, however, is that he was a true patriot of his people. His outstanding personality combined an astute mind, crea
26.10.2007 00:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
(Bishkek, October 25, 2007) – Alisher Saipov, an independent journalist whose reporting criticized human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan and neighboring Uzbekistan, was shot to death on October 24 in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Human Rights Watch said today. The Kyrgyz government must ensure a thor
25.10.2007 01:47 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s murder in southern Kyrgyzstan of Alisher Saipov, editor of the independent Uzbek-language weekly Siyosat (Politics) and contributor to several regional news outlets. Saipov was shot three times at a close range at around 7 p.m. in downtown Osh, a
24.10.2007 11:19 msk Politics Uzbekistan
This is the first election in the history of the Republic of Uzbekistan with six candidates at once running for president. Two candidates have been the all-time record in all sixteen years of sovereignty until now.
24.10.2007 11:05 msk Business Uzbekistan
Cooking oil, both vegetable and cotton, has essentially disappeared from Tashkent stores. The stores that used to sell numerous brands (local and imported from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Iran) are empty nowadays.
24.10.2007 11:03 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
More and more letters come from Uzbekistan, and comments on the letters become more and more emotional. This state of affairs is caused by censorship in the Uzbek media. With the presidential election coming forth, the population does not even build vain hopes anymore. Without urging the reader to t
22.10.2007 08:56 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Uzbek secret services remain inordinately suspicious of the faithful. Loudly promoting guarantees of the freedom of conscience, the Uzbek authorities keep tabs on mosques and practically every believer.
17.10.2007 11:05 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
Authorities of the Uzbek border districts forbid the locals to hire out to work cotton fields in Kyrgyzstan nearby. It costs Uzbeks their usual income and leaves Kyrgyz farmers without cheap workforce they need to harvest the crop.
11.10.2007 16:41 msk Interview Uzbekistan
Practically all experts, observers, and even participants of the forthcoming presidential election in Uzbekistan in December 2007 admit that its outcome is essentially a foregone conclusion. Ajdar Kurtov, an expert with the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies, is convinced that the population of
10.10.2007 12:26 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
All five officially registered political parties nominated their candidates for president of Uzbekistan. Dilorom Tashmuhamedova will run for presidency from the Adolat party, Ahtam Tursunov from Fidokorlar, Hoshid Dosmuhamedov from Milli Tiklanish, and Asliddin Rustamov from the People's Democratic
07.10.2007 21:38 msk Politics Uzbekistan
Uzbek media outlets report that the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated the head of state Islam Karimov for president.
28.09.2007 17:24 msk Business Uzbekistan
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited the Jizak and Syrdarja regions on September 27.
26.09.2007 12:20 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Investigation of the murder of Mark Weil, Art Director of the Ilkhom Theater (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), is under way with precious little to show for the effort.
26.09.2007 10:51 msk Business Uzbekistan
Ferghana.Ru sources in Samarkand report that flour and cotton oil (particularly popular kind of vegetable oil) disappeared from sale. Off the record, insiders say that flour and oil will be distributed among mahallyas now [mahallya is a community, the smallest administrative unit in modern Uzbekista
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