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Uzbekistan: Thank you, cotton-growers!

Adil Nurmakov — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:22:21 +0000

Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the president’s address.

Uzbekistan: EU lifts Uzbek sanctions

Adil Nurmakov — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:01:24 +0000

Dafydd reports that the EU has lifted the arms embargo on Uzbekistan. Reasons given are abolishment of the death penalty and release of political prisoners.

Uzbekistan: Oppositionist returns from exile

Adil Nurmakov — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:23:11 +0000

Musafirbek writes that leader of the Birdamlik movement in exile, Bakhodir Choriyev, is returning to Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Auction of children’s sweat

Adil Nurmakov — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:48 +0000

Musafirbek writes about the use of child labor in Uzbekistan, especially when children pick cotton for 8-10 hours a day. The government says they are doing it ‘by their own will’.

Uzbekistan: Freedom of faith questioned

Adil Nurmakov — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:36:36 +0000

Musa tells about the persecution of minor grouping of Bahá’í religion in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Decay of the Uzbek hospitals

Adil Nurmakov — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:21:52 +0000

Neweurasia provides a photo-post about the disastrous decay of a once-famous hospital for tuberculosis patients in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Pilgrims to be protected against swine flu

Adil Nurmakov — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:14:34 +0000

Kkreator reports that the authorities of Uzbekistan are planning to take preventive measures for the protection of the Muslim pilgrims (Haji) and the general population from the Type A flu.

Uzbekistan: Trouble in Tashkent

Adil Nurmakov — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:00:33 +0000

Pravdin reports on the controversial and unclear occurence in tashkent, when a gunfire on a Saturday evening horrified the capital of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Women banned from mosques

Adil Nurmakov — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:09:13 +0000

Noah Tucker informs that after pressuring women for several months to stop attending mosque on Fridays, Bukhara authorities have officially prohibited them to go to mosques.

Uzbekistan: Worst Daughter in the World?

Adil Nurmakov — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:14:26 +0000

Timur comments on the Foreign Policy journal's rating of the worst presidential kids, in which the daughter of the Uzbekistan president was mentioned.

Uzbekistan: Religion-related murder in Tashkent

Adil Nurmakov — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:42:08 +0000

Noah Tucker reports on a highly controversial killing in Uzbekistan, in which an Interior Ministry's agent was shot to death in his own apartment.

Uzbekistan: Protests Against New Russian Base

Adil Nurmakov — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:38:32 +0000

Nathan Hamm notes that Uzbekistan is stepping up its criticism of Russia’s plan to open a second military base in Kyrgyzstan - near Uzbekistan’s border - by alleging that the new base would destabilize the region and provoke extremists.

Uzbekistan: Tashkent’s head Imam stabbed outside his home

Adil Nurmakov — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:34:34 +0000

Noah Tucker reports that Imam of Tashkent was stabbed outside his home on 31 July and remains hospitalized in serious condition. This is the second attack on a Uzbekistan's religious figure in the last 30 days.

CEE, Central Asia: Post-Communist Leaders

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:16:21 +0000

A Fistful of Euros writes about “the first generation of post-Communist leaders”: “Well, here’s a question: almost 20 years later, how many of them are still running things? Not so many.”

Uzbekistan: Failed state or private enterprise?

Adil Nurmakov — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:42:31 +0000

Pravdin reviews the Uzbekistan's performance on the “The Failed States Index 2009”, released recently by the Fund for Peace.