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11 september 2016
“Autocrat par Excellence”
German media articles reporting on the Uzbek President’s death focused on the controversial legacy of Karimov’s long-term rule with ...
28 august 2016
In Baghdad, everything is calm
The Eltuz correspondent in the Fergana region reports that night duties in the cities and districts in Ferghana will ...
9 august 2016
Uzbek TV – master of “cutting” movies (updated)
On July 11 the Uzbek film director Zulfikar Musakov posted on his Facebook page an open letter expressing his ...
9 august 2016
Dutch prosecution of Uzbek-owned firm TAKILANT
The recent procedure is part of a wider investigation by U.S., Dutch, Swedish and Swiss authorities into claims that ...
6 august 2016
Protest Campaign
On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, representatives of the international coalition of the Cotton Campaign and other demonstrators gathered outside ...
4 august 2016
U.S. to increase cooperation with Central Asia in trade, fight against terrorism
On 3 August 2016, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with the foreign ministers of the five Central ...
21 july 2016
Uzbeks Subjected to Forced-Labor Wonder if the Worms are Luckier
As temperatures push 100 degrees F (44 C), teachers, doctors, and nurses are working in the cotton fields of ...
21 july 2016
Fergana Valley: Teachers, doctors and nurses forced to prune cotton plants
Officials are forcibly mobilizing teachers, doctors and nurses to prune the cotton plants instead of doing their ordinary work ...
12 july 2016
Large numbers of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Turkey
Out of 46.000 applications submitted to the Turkish Ministry, 38.000 were granted work permits. A report released by the ...
12 july 2016
The Tribunal on Basmachi
The photo at hand can be considered one of the most successful documentary photographs made in Soviet Central Asia, ...
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21 march 2018
Investigation by «Xabar.uz»: Who is to blame for the death of a 23-year-old teacher?
The Governors Promised! The promise of the governor of the Namangan Region, Khayrullo Bozorov: “We have been using teachers ...
6 january 2016
“Russia needs Gas”
Uzbekistan is currently facing one of the worst energy crises in the history of the country. All major cities ...
19 february 2016
Hospital or Bazaar?
For any person, a disease is an unpleasant affair. But in Uzbekistan, where free medical care is practically dead, ...
14 february 2018
Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist. 12 Human Rights Groups Call for Journalist’s, Others’ Immediate Release
(Bishkek, February 13, 2018) – Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into the alleged torture and other ...