NEWS

AI: “Uzbekistan killings anniversary: EU reneging on human rights pledge?”

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Uzbekistan killings anniversary: EU reneging on human rights pledge? (Brussels, 11 May 2012) Tomorrow marks seven...

Shooting in Tashkent

Shooting in Tashkent: People killed as a result of a violent prison riot suppression 05.05.2012   Men were...

Uzbekistan Denies Forced Sterilizations, Mutilating Women

http://www.eurasianet.org April 23, 2012 Everything is fine, no need to look here, we don’t secretly cut out our...

Uzbek Opposition Leader’s Brother Sentenced To Five More Years

January 26, 2012 – 2:38pm, by Merhat Sharipzhanov The mystery over why the brother of a prominent Uzbek opposition...

Sweden: Prominent Uzbekistan Imam Escapes Assassination Attempt

Written by: RFE RL February 23, 2012   (RFE/RL) — Imam Obidkhon Qori Nazarov has survived an attempt on his life...

Villagers in Uzbekistan are freezing without natural gas which has been exported abroad

25.01.2012 By Alexander Benois (Tashkent)   Greenhouse gardening has traditionally been the major business and principal source of income...

An anti-regime protest against dictator Karimov took place in Canada

On September 2nd , an anti-regime protest against dictator Karimov took place in city of Vancouver, Canada....

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Uzbekistan: 7 years after the Andizhan massacre the EU and the US should insist on the human rights improvement, the Human Rights Watch urges

Uzbekistan: 7 years after the Andizhan massacre the EU and the US should insist on the human rights improvement, the Human Rights Watch urges

13.05.2012

Ferghana

The European Union and the United States should re-examine their relationships with the Uzbekgovernment in light of its atrocious rights record, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the government massacre at Andizhan, Uzbekistan.

The massacre, the Uzbek government’s refusal to allow an international investigation, and the ensuing crackdown led the EU to impose sanctions in October 2005 and to establish human rights criteria for the Uzbek …

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POLITICS

Sweden: Prominent Uzbekistan Imam Escapes Assassination Attempt

Written by: RFE RL February 23, 2012   (RFE/RL) — Imam Obidkhon Qori Nazarov has survived an attempt on his life in the Swedish city...

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France: Human right activists extend their congratulations to Islam Karimov, too

31.01.2012 Human right activists from a number of international NGOs, including ACAT-France (Action des chretiens pour l’abolition de la torture et des...

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Winds of Change on Kazak-Kyrgyz Border

Although the authorities in Kazakstan have reopened the frontier with neighbouring Kyrgyzstan following recent unrest in that country, they are likely...

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ANALYSIS

The Independent: “Islam Karimov: Enemy of dissent”

  Defence Secretary meets Uzbek dictator Human rights activists outraged at visit to discuss military co-operation   The British...

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Uzbekistan: Population Endures Shortages Amid Plenty

January 25, 2012 – 1:18pm, by Deirdre Tynan Just a week ago at a cabinet meeting, Uzbek...

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Energy riches, fear contain Central Asia dissent

By Robin Paxton ALMATY, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Central Asia’s authoritarian leaders,...

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Uzbek Strongman Tries Softer Approach

The violence in southern Kyrgyzstan seems to have prompted the leader of neighbouring Uzbekistan to...

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Genocide of Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan

I can’t enjoy a long-expected World soccer cup matches because hundreds of innocent Uzbeks have...

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