Swedish Court Clears Couple Accused of Attempted Murder
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia A court in Sweden has acquitted a couple who were accused of the attempted murder of exiled Islamic cleric Obidkhon Qori Nazarov, an opponent of the Uzbek government... more
Views: 773Uzbek National Jailed for Obama Threats
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia A United States court has sentenced Uzbek national Ulugbek Kodirov to 15 years in prison for threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama. Kodirov, 22, was accused of pl... more
Views: 892Dealing With Vocational Education in Uzbekistan
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia Recent instructions by Uzbekistan’s president Islam Karimov to improve vocational colleges and schools by raising teaching standards indicate real concern ab... more
Views: 1008China, Uzbekistan Alliances Forged By A Common World View
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia Visiting China on June 6-7, Uzbekistan’s president Islam Karimov secured trade, investment and loans worth at least five billion US dollars and signed a... more
Views: 1178Teacher Dismissals Revaluated By Uzbek Authority After Negative Media Coverage
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia The Uzbek central authorities have stepped in after teachers in a town near the capital Tashkent raised the alarm over a series of dismissals, apparently sparked by a dispute ov... more
Views: 910Uzbekistan to Destroy Old Pesticide Stocks
Region: UzbekistanBy News Briefing Central Asia - News Briefing Central Asia Uzbekistan joined other states in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe on April 12 to sign an agreement on eliminating old pesticide stock... more
Views: 1105Gas Row Highlights Tajik-Uzbek Tensions
Region: TajikistanDispute over fuel supply resolved for now, but angry rhetoric reflects longstanding mistrust. By Yulia Goryaynova, Galim Faskhutdinov, Saule Mukhametrakhimova Just when relatio... more
Views: 1022Uzbekistan 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
Views: 1913Uzbek 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
Views: 1374NGO 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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