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Uzbekistan Again Recognised as 'Failed State'
Region: Uzbekistan
A News Briefing Central Asia Report Uzbekistan’s high position in a new list of so-called failed states can be attributed to a lack of democracy and the slow pace of economic development, say local observers. In ... more
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Uzbek Defendants to Lose out in Legal Reform
Region: Uzbekistan
A News Briefing Central Asia Report A plan to reduce the role of “public defenders” – legal advocates who are not trained lawyers but are empowered to represent defendants in court – will make the ... more
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NGO Numbers Wane in Uzbekistan
Region: Uzbekistan
A News Briefing Central Asia report Uzbekistan is seeing a steady decline in the number of non-government organisations, NGOs, with a string of closures reported recently. Not only is the government hostile to any group w... more
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Proposed Regional Grouping a Non-Starter
Region: Uzbekistan
Uzbek president Islam Karimov’s proposal to merge two associations of former Soviet states has come as a surprise to many observers, as his country has shown a distinct reluctance to be part of regional groupings. NB... more
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Role of Gazprom Remains Pivotal
Region: Uzbekistan
Although Tashkent is trying to drive a hard bargain with Russian gas company Gazprom, it has little alternative to working with the firm to develop and export Uzbekistan's oil and gas, NBCentralAsia energy experts say. In... more
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US Urged to Take Stronger Line on Human Rights in Uzebekistan
Region: Uzbekistan
Human rights activists in Uzbekistan say the United States should be taking a much tougher approach on human rights in the country. At the moment, they say, Tashkent is merely offering one-off, cosmetic concessions such as... more
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Uzbekistan: Blogging Fosters Freedom of Speech
Region: Uzbekistan
by Tolkun 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 his clan h... more
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The Aral Sea
Region: KazakhstanAral Sea - Sacrificed for cotton Located between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south, the Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest body of inland water in the world. Then during the 1960s, Soviet centr... more
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Uzbekistanis Fighting Internet Censorship
Region: UzbekistanPosted by Tolkun to Global Voices Online Today, Uzbekistan remains one of the repressive countries in a region that maintains a tight grip on mass media. Despite having all the nominal guarantees of the freedom of speech,... more
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Know about UZBEKISTAN
Region: IndiaTashkent: The only Metro system in Central Asia, popularly ranked as the 2nd best Metro system in the world Tashkent Khast Imam Mosque contains the Uthman Quran cons... more
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