"Volunteering" On the Rise in Uzbekistan
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia - News Briefing Central Asia 7 Feb 13 Teachers and other public-sectors profession... more
Views: 496Uzbekistan:Shortage of HIV Drugs
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia A shortage of retroviral medicines used to treat HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan is being put down to the government’s policy of understating national infection rates, and hence t... more
Views: 545Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Area Mired Conflict
Region: UzbekistanRow over location of electricity poles erupts into violence, reflecting deeper tensions in Kyrgyz-Uzbek border areas. By Altynai Myrzabekova, Inga Sikorskaya, Anvar Khaldarov After skirmis... more
Views: 845Uzbekistan’s Secret Service in Prisons
Region: UzbekistanRights activists says Tashkent security men interrogate detainees and abduct asylum-seekers in Russia with impunity. By News Briefing Central Asia Officers from Uzbekist... more
Views: 1011Uzbekistan Continues Forced Sterilization
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia As a maternal and child health programme enters its second phase in Uzbekistan, questions are being asked about its effectiveness since the government continues to sanction f... more
Views: 1131Uzbekistan Tightens Up on Pharmaceutical Imports
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia - News Briefing Central Asia 5 Dec 12 Pharmaceuticals are in such short supply in Uzbekistan that ... more
Views: 755Uzbek Jails and Political Prisoners
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia - News Briefing Central Asia A leading Central Asian human rights defender says the internati... more
Views: 853Uzbek Cotton Farms Rely on Human Labor
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia As the harvest gets under way in Uzbekistan’s massive cotton industry, experts say the heavy reliance on human labour reflects a dire shortage of farm machinery. In early... more
Views: 1085Uzbek Farmers Forced to Create Jobs
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia Officials in Uzbekistan say the unemployment rate has fallen below five per cent, a figure disputed by other sources. In a report issued at the end of August, the State Sta... more
Views: 1006US Administration Urged to Press Tashkent on Political Prisoner Issues
Region: Uzbekistan
By News Briefing Central Asia - News Briefing Central Asia The top United States diplomat dealing with Central Asia was quizzed about political prisoners in Uzbeki... more
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