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The UN Council for Human Rights refuses to discuss the situation in Uzbekistan openly

The UN Council for Human Rights refuses to discuss the situation in Uzbekistan openly

09.10.2006 14:57 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Last Monday, the UN Council for Human Rights (established this summer to replace the former Committee for Human Rights) decided to discuss human rights abuses in Uzbekistan behind the closed doors. So as not to make a fuss.

Record yield of cotton is expected on the eve of the Tashkent Cotton Auction

Record yield of cotton is expected on the eve of the Tashkent Cotton Auction

03.10.2006 21:57 msk Business Uzbekistan

Cotton harvesting begins in Uzbekistan. The yield is expected to amount to 3.6 million tons of raw cotton, judging by the estimates made by specialists of the republican Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. Farms accounted for 66% of the harvest in 2005. This figure is expected to reach 86%

Display of the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent causes some bitter associations

Display of the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent causes some bitter associations

23.08.2006 14:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

"Whenever I visit the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent, I'm always beset by the feelings of sorrow and alarm," a young man told Ferghana.Ru. The young man called himself a relative of one of the Uzbeks tried and sentenced to imprisonment for involvement with the opposition. "So many inno

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