BBC and HRW prepare for Uzbek return
In 2005, following the bloody events in Andijan, the Uzbek authorities expelled the foreign press and clamped down on the…
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World Bank funding state slavery: report
The World Bank has been accused of ignoring child and forced labour in Uzbekistan with a report saying schools have…
Uzbek ‘militants’ heading home
Uzbekistan’s police claim they are finding numerous militant Islamists among returning Uzbek migrants and plan to expose those who remain…
French FM demands Uzbek security ties
France and Uzbekistan must deepen security cooperation to combat jihadist groups and stop violent attacks, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault…
Uzbek-Tajik flights resume
Uzbekistan’s national airline has resumed flights to Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, after a 25-year hiatus, in another sign of the new…
Uzbek migrants can’t escape state spies
The 30 million Uzbeks labour under the state’s heavy hand. Uzbekistan is conducting unlawful surveillance of its citizens abroad and…
Kyrgyz migrant blamed for Russian bombing
The key suspect in Monday’s bombing on the St Petersburg underground was born in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan…
Uzbek-Kazakh brotherhood re-established
Glitzy Astana lacks the architectural gems of neighbouring Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has visited Astana in Kazakhstan to boost…
Uzbek leader makes first foreign trip
The Wedding Palace in Turkmenistan’s surreal capital, Ashgabat. Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev surprisingly chose Turkmenistan as the destination for his first…
Uzbek cotton ‘slavery’ report flawed: HRW
Uzbekistan’s struggling economy is dependent on cotton. Source: Eurasia Times The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has confirmed the scope…
Uzbek visa-free travel shelved
Many of Uzbekistan’s beautiful religious buildings have been insensitively restored or converted for commercial use. Source: Eurasia Times Uzbekistan’s…
HRW demands release of Uzbek prisoner
President Islam Karimov with fellow strongman Vladimir Putin. Source: Kremlin Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest-imprisoned journalists, has been…
MEPs to endorse slave labour: HRW
A Soviet propaganda poster urging peasants to speed up cotton production in Russian and Uzbek. Cotton production in Uzbekistan has long been politically…
Uzbek leader lifts visas for EU tourists
Uzbekistan’s extraordinary architectural riches have made it a magnet for visitors for centuries. Source: Eurasia Times Many EU tourists will…
Observers dismiss Uzbek election
Uzbekistan’s architectural wonders are more attractive than its politics. Source: Eurasia Times Uzbekistan’s Acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won 88.6 per cent…
Uzbeks pick second leader
Shavkat Mirziyaev. Source: Kremlin Uzbekistan voted on December 4 in an election to appoint acting president Shavkat Mirziyaev…