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29.11.2013 09:14 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
On 27 Nov 2013, Muhammad Bekjan, an imprisoned Uzbek journalist, was awarded the annual award of the Freedom of Press instituted by the Reporters Without Borders (RWB). The award has been issued since 1992, and one journalist and one news media outlet can be awarded it, if judges find they made a si
25.11.2013 21:42 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan
Richard Glaub, a US citizen who worked as director of the National Democratic Institute in Uzbekistan for six years, now lives in Tashkent and is in a desperate, bedridden state.
22.11.2013 23:26 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The most striking part of the tragic event that took place in the city of Namangan in Uzbekistan this June is the law enforcement and supervision authorities’ absolute unwillingness to interfere, although it is murder we are talking about. According to the killed young man’s mother, her son was beat
04.11.2013 23:22 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan
The president of Uzbekistan has long been called, behind his back of course, “Father.” To be sure, not an “Uzbekbashi,” like the previous president of Turkmenistan was called “Turkmenbashi” (“The head of all Turkmen”) or “Yelbasy” (“The leader of nation”) like the Kazakhs call their president. Uzbek
26.10.2013 13:06 msk Central Asia Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Alisher Saipov, a well-known journalist, was killed with three gunshots on this day six years ago. He would have turned 32 this September.
14.10.2013 19:57 msk Analytics Central Asia Uzbekistan
Contact between a human body and quick lime is more likely to be associated with the gruesome dissolution of mafia victims’ corpses than with getting high.
14.10.2013 10:42 msk Politics Uzbekistan
According to the leader of the Birdamlik opposition movement, Bakhodir Choriyev, the movement will be reformed to establish the Birdamlik Liberal Economic Party of Uzbekistan (BLEPU). Mr. Choriyev writes about his plans for the movement in the Manual for Practicing Civil Activity, which he authored.
05.10.2013 00:10 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
“I don’t give a f…k!” said a drunken Russian youngster after hearing why a small rally was being held not far from Uzbekistan’s Embassy in Moscow on Tuesday. Having said that, he took off with a similarly drunken companion, leaving behind a handful of Russian and Central Asians protesters who stood
25.09.2013 07:36 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Fergana learned that journalist Sergey Naumov is charged with hooliganism and sentenced to serve a brief term of 12 days. The investigators committed numerous violations of procedures, and lawyers believe the trial and the subsequent sentence are a “set up.”
23.09.2013 22:05 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Sergey Naumov, 50, is a citizen of Uzbekistan. He contributes to Fergana, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and other print media. He won several international competitions among journalists.
22.09.2013 00:16 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Uzbekistan
On 15 Sep 2013, a 6-year-old child suffocated to death under a heap of raw cotton in Bukhara Region in western Uzbekistan . The boy did not go to school on that day, but went to a cotton field to help his mother. He climbed into a trailer and fell asleep. Those collecting cotton did not notice him a
20.09.2013 22:11 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
I am an Uzbek woman originally from Tashkent. I used to work as a journalist, and I left my homeland like so many others not because I wanted to do so, but because I had to.
16.09.2013 10:23 msk Politics Uzbekistan
Following the Uzbek oppositionist Bakhodir Choriyev’s announcement of “ launching a ‘velvet’ revolution in Uzbekistan ,” fierce debates are raging on Fergana. Our readers’ opinions differ drastically, yet all share the same caveat—while the Republic of Uzbekistan is on the brink of significant chang
04.09.2013 15:16 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Uzbekistan
The Birdamlik Popular Democratic Movement urges you, esteemed Uzbek citizens living in Uzbekistan and abroad, to [join] a struggle for social justices and supremacy of law for the sake of humans’ financial wellbeing, of real life and the bright days to come.
29.08.2013 08:45 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Interview Migration Politics Uzbekistan
Photo: Nadejda Atayeva at a hearing on forced labour at the European Parliament, November 2011
26.08.2013 08:24 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Many experts familiar with the matter believe the detention and charging Hasan Choriyev, 71, with grave crime are linked to his son’s oppositional activity. Said son, Bakhodir Choriyev, is the head of Birdamlik (Solidarity) Popular and Democratic Movement, who urges citizens of Uzbekistan to non-vio
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