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29 May 2008

Uzbekistan: Tashkent blogged

Written by Tolkun · Travel

It is very interesting to notice that during the recent days the Uzbek blogosphere was mainly discussing Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Today, Tashkent is at a stand of...

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12 May 2008

Uzbekistan: Unwanted Changes

Written by Tolkun · Development, Governance

After the disintegration of the USSR, the Soviet communist identity and ideology ceased to exist and the new countries confronted the vital problems of defining new identities and ideologies. Most...

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1 May 2008

Uzbekistan: EU to play nice with Karimov's regime

Written by Tolkun · Human Rights, International Relations

The Andijon events of May 2005, when several hundred of demonstrating civilians were reportedly shot dead by the Uzbek government troops, made the whole world tremble. The results did take...

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21 April 2008

Uzbekistan, Ukraine: Tashkent Blacksmith and His Children

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Arts & Culture, Governance

A monument to an Uzbek family that adopted 15 children during WWII has recently been dismantled in Tashkent. Below is a Ukrainian blogger's moving story of how her father helped one of these adopted children find his biological family.

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11 April 2008

Uzbekistan: Yusuf Juma, a Martyr Poet

Written by Tolkun · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Today, in Uzbekistan, where free voices are being severely silenced, practically no one dares not even to promote, but just to express anti-governmental ideas. But this is not the case...

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3 April 2008

Uzbekistan: Blogging fosters freedom of speech

Written by Tolkun · Development, Governance

Recently, the U.S. State Department has ranked Uzbekistan among “top ten” of the most authoritarian countries in the world. During almost two decades of his reign, president I. Karimov and...

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17 March 2008

Uzbekistan: Foreign Policy Perturbations

Written by Tolkun · Human Rights, International Relations

The Uzbek regime's violent suppression of the uprising in Andijan in May 2005 was a turning point in the country's foreign policy. The government did not allow EU to investigate...

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15 February 2008

Uzbekistan: Abnormal Cold, End of “Nirvana” and Genderwise Realpolitik

Written by Tolkun · Development, Politics

The abnormally low temperature that lasted in the region for a record-breaking long time seems to have its effect not only on Uzbek-Tajik relations but on the Uzbek blogosphere too...

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15 January 2008

Russia: Xenophobia Blogging

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Governance

There seems to be more and more posts on xenophobia in the Russian blogosphere. Many are written by xenophobes, while some are written about them. Below are two recent examples of xenophobia blogging.

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28 November 2007

Uzbekistan: Stop Deportation of Asylum Seeker!

Written by Tolkun · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

“Until this day I believed in freedom of media and its role in civil liberties in this country [Great Britain]. But information I have read today slightly changed my mind”,...

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Updates about Uzbekistan

30 September 2011

English

Mansurhon reviews the speech by Uzbekistan's expert and rights activist regarding violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in this country. The speech, delivered at the Annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meetng, warns that these violations represent a serious risk to Uzbekistan’s future.

• Adil Nurmakov

28 September 2011

English

Josh recommends an Uyghur pop song from Xinjiang presented by a trio, named Shahrizoda, from Uzbekistan.

• Oiwan Lam

9 September 2011

English

Tomyris reports that Uzbekistan, “a leader in the field of media censorship”, is imposing a new limitation to journalists. The female reporters seen on Uzbek state television will be seen only in a conservative manner – that means no skin exposure in inappropriate places.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

Abulfazal says that the emerging oppositional movement of Uzbekistan citizens in exile has took its shape as the People’s Movement of Uzbekistan (PMU) with branches in Canada, Sweden and Norway.

• Adil Nurmakov

26 August 2011

English

Mansurhon reports on yet another campaign that wants Uzbekistan president’s resignation, as a few activists from different regions of Uzbekistan announced a new organization to oppose the regime.

• Adil Nurmakov

23 August 2011

Breaking News

Elena Bondar, Young Uzbek journalist, was detained at the arrival to Tashkent airport after attending a course on modern journalism tools, organized by OSCE and Deutsche Welle in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Fergana News reports [ru]. After thorough examination of her documents and baggage, the customs officials let the journalist go home, but confiscated CDs and USB flash drives with training materials.

• Alexey Sidorenko

1 August 2011

English

Abulfazal writes that the Uzbek government project on creation of so-called “exemplary mahallas” (communities) is turning into a campaign of forcing the local businessmen to finance infrastructure upgrades and renovations.

• Adil Nurmakov

14 July 2011

English

Wal-Mart, Macy’s, Eileen Fisher, Nautica, Gear for Sports, The Jones Group, Liz Claiborne and Nike are among the first companies to sign a pledge boycotting the use of Uzbekistan-sourced cotton until the International Labor Organization determines that forced child labor is no longer an issue in the country, reports Abulfazal.

• Adil Nurmakov

28 June 2011

English

Mansurhon reports that Uzbekistan's Under-17 football team gets to the play-off level of the FIFA World Cup Mexico 2011, beating USA and Czech Republic.

• Adil Nurmakov

5 June 2011

English

Avicenna reports that following a campaign against the use of forced child labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields, Gymboree, the children’s clothing manufacturer, became the latest company to take a stand by refusing to buy cotton from this Central Asian country.

• Adil Nurmakov

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