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17.05.2013 18:11

Uzbek media remains silent on anniversary of Andijan massacre

The Uzbek media, including relatively free online publications, remained silent about the events in Andijan on the eighth anniversary of the massacre there.

15.05.2013 22:51

Fergana soldiers have forgotten how to march

On 9 May Fergana hosted a military parade attended by regional officials. It was held with lots of organizational mishaps, and was accompanied by the shouting of obscenities by the police chief.

15.05.2013 20:36

Uzbek rights activists arrested for commemorating Andijan massacre victims

On 13 May, police in Tashkent detained human rights activists for laying flowers at the Monument of Courage in commemoration of the 2005 Andijan massacre.

13.05.2013 16:00

Shoot Me: Why are we celebrating 9 May?

Who unleashed World War II and is it worth singling out a period called the Great Patriotic War from it? Permanent participants of the Shoot Me open society, filmmaker Oleg Karpov, writer Rifat Gumerov, and linguist Aleksey Ulko discussed these questions ahead of Victory Day.

13.05.2013 15:14

Bahodyr Yuldashev: "I left to save the newspaper"

The recent departure of the editor-in-chief of the Novosti Uzbekistana newspaper has been linked by colleagues to his attempts to bite in the toothless media environment of Uzbekistan.

03.05.2013 03:36

Gulnara Karimova uses foul language on Twitter (3)

The Uzbek president’s elder daughter and ambassador to the UN office at Geneva, Gulnara Karimova, has begun to swear on Twitter, responding to questions about the Andijan events and bicycles.

01.05.2013 22:01

Vote of no confidence for the PM, successor for the President

At the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva an Uzbek delegation reported improvements that have been adopted in the country's legislation: a mechanism of vote of no confidence in the government and a mechanism of defining a successor for the President.

01.05.2013 21:39

Issue of Andijan massacre “closed” by Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has rejected a UN recommendation in the Universal Periodic Review for an independent investigation into the 2005 Andijan massacre, but has promised to provide greater press freedom.

29.04.2013 23:11

Uzbek president pledges support for farmers again

Uzbek President Islam Karimov on 26 April visited Andijan, where he replaced the regional mayor and tried to inspire farmers saying “Take your chance! Don’t be afraid! I support you!”

25.04.2013 22:07

UN Office in Geneva does not confirm Gulnara Karimova's resignation

The UN Office at Geneva says that Gulnara Karimova is still Uzbekistan's ambassador and it has not been notified of any change by Tashkent.

23.04.2013 21:43

Uzbek premier becomes mythical figure

When a “shortish and stoutish” official appeared in a residential area in Tashkent last week and ordered garages to be destroyed, people thought he was Shavkat Mirziyayev.

18.04.2013 21:47

Karimov urges farmers to pay for village houses

Uzbek President Islam Karimov hopes to save the country from a financial and economic crisis with farmers’ investment in the construction sector.

18.04.2013 21:30

Tashkent court fines opposition leader in absentia

Bahodyr Choriyev, leader of the opposition Birdamlik movement who is living in the USA, has been fined by a court in Tashkent in absentia for publishing "damaging" articles on the Internet.

17.04.2013 21:03

Googoosha in peacock’s plumes (1)

Gulnara Karimova has appeared half-naked wearing peacock’s plumes in a new photo-shoot. Can you imagine this person as the country’s future president?

17.04.2013 02:38

Visa regime with Russia to leave Karimov tête-à-tête with Uzbek people

Russia may play a historic role in Uzbekistan: Uzbeks will stay home because of visa regime and will have time to deal with Islam Karimov, Moscow-based human rights activist Bahrom Hamroyev has said.

29.03.2013 22:43

Shoot Me: Karimov, heart attack and information vacuum

False information from the People’s Movement of Uzbekistan about Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s heart attack raises various questions – what if this had really happened and why are the Uzbek people deprived of accurate information?

29.03.2013 21:56

Islam Karimov makes public appearance

On 27 March Uzbekistan’s state television showed a footage of Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov on its Ahborot news programme.

27.03.2013 21:21

Karimov alive, receives Kazakh foreign minister

The Uzbek president received Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov in Tashkent on 27 March, the Kazinform news agency reports. This has denied rumours about the Uzbek president’s illness.

27.03.2013 21:00

Show Islam Karimov to people

Uzbek authorities could deny rumours about President Islam Karimov’s heart attack only by his personal appearance in public.

27.03.2013 20:53

Gulnara Karimova denies rumours about father’s heart attack

The Uzbek president’s eldest daughter has said in Twitter that one has to be “crazy” to talk about her father Islam Karimov’s illness.

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22.05.13 16:14

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21.05.13 21:11

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18.05.13 17:13

Uzbek media remains silent on anniversary of Andijan massacre

17.05.13 18:11

Uzbek schoolchildren forced to weed cotton fields

16.05.13 17:08

ANALYSIS / COMMENTARY / INTERVIEW

03.05.13 UN “applies pressure” while Uzbekistan “extricates itself”

Human rights activist Surat Ikramov has said in an interview with Uznews.net that the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan will improve the situation within the country.

30.04.13 Are Uzbek media outlets becoming more liberal?

Some media outlets based in Uzbekistan have recently dared to criticise and raise previously taboo topics. Does this mean there is a thaw in political repression within the country?

26.04.13 Gigantism in Islam Karimov's constructions

Uzbek President Islam Karimov wants to remain in the history as a great builder, so all new buildings in Uzbekistan are big and pompous in style.

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