Uzbekistan trials begin into Karakalpakstan’s July violence
The trial of 22 people in Uzbekistan has began with them facing charges of “undermining the constitutional order” by joining…
The trial of 22 people in Uzbekistan has began with them facing charges of “undermining the constitutional order” by joining…
Uzbekistan has U-turned on proposed constitutional amendments that would have removed the right of the Karakalpakstan region to hold a…
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has lifted restrictions on Islamic practices, sparking dramatic changes in the dictatorial Central Asian state. The…
Uzbekistan appears to have given President Shavkat Mirziyoyev a second five-year term as a weak opposition failed to challenge the…
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a decree ending the state-order system for cotton cultivation in a move to end…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its national review…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Kazakhstan to welcome Russian and Chinese investment and influence with caution….
Uzbekistan has been called on to carry out the United Nations Committee Against Torture’s recommendations to end the “widespread, routine…
Uzbekistan’s National Security Service (SNB) used to be the most feared arm of the state until President Shavkat Mirziyoyev criticised…
Uzbekistan’s notorious Jaslyk prison, where thousands of alleged Islamists and opposition figures were held after government trials based on torture-induced…
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has ordered the closure of the Jaslyk prison, which has long been associated with torture and…
Uzbekistan has been called to release a retired envoy charged with treason who has been detained since December, Human Rights…
Despite a promise of reform, forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields remains widespread, according to the Uzbek-German Forum for Human…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently approved a US$35-million grant to reconnect Tajikistan’s electricity grid to the former Central Asian…
Reforms continue in Uzbekistan as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev tries to reduce the former Soviet state’s isolation through a diplomatic charm…
Residents on either side of the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border are benefiting from prominent interactions between the presidents and national security ministries…