Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Musafirbek writes about a charity gala-concert, held with the support of UNICEF, attended not only by singer Cesaria Evora and soccer player Samuel Eto’o, but also by some bloggers, who were hired by an American PR firm to cover the event.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Noah Tucker reports that Sanjar Umarov, one of the most famous political prisoner in Uzbekistan, earlier charged with tax evasion and embezzlement after founding an opposition party in 2005, has been released from prison.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
(New York) - Uzbek authorities should ensure that an appeal hearing that began today for a human rights advocate is fair and independent, Human Rights Watch said. The activist, Farkhad Mukhtarov, was convicted of criminal charges in a trial that appeared to have been politically motivated, and he was denied the right to defend himself fully, Human Rights Watch said. read more
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Uzbekistan's recent release of a leading jailed opposition figure is stoking hopes for warmer relations between Tashkent and the West. But critics of President Islam Karimov's administration caution that the move does not signal Tashkent's intent to change its authoritarian ways.
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
(With thanks again to the excellent Ken Silverstein), Gulnara Karimova is offering all expenses paid luxury junkets to Tashkent, plus a thousand dollars cash in the pocket, to US bloggers willing to blog about Uzbekistan without mentioning torture, massacre, dictatorship, slavery or environmental destruction. http://harpers.org/archive/2009/11/hbc-90006092 As Obama has entered into a renewed military...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
(New York) - Uzbek authorities should immediately stop their new harassment campaign against political activists and human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. Since November 7, 2009, local authorities in six locations have detained at least seven activists and beaten three of them, one of whom sought hospital treatment. read more
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
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Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
I have been watching the various celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall from the unusual vantage point of Accra. I have no mixed feelings over the fall of Soviet communist control over Europe. I don't think Reagan's use of the phrase "Evil empire" was wrong. The Americans have of course embarked on a new enthusiasm for their own evil empire since. The euphoria of the spread of freedom...
ProjectDisaster (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
COMMENT: What in the hell is wrong with people? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/nyregion/10powder.html November 10, 2009 Powder Sent to 3 U.N. Foreign Missions By DERRICK HENRY A white powder was mailed to three United Nations foreign missions in Manhattan office buildings on Monday, but no one was harmed by it, the police said. The powder, delivered in envelopes, was reported by workers at the [...]...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the president’s address.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Dafydd reports that the EU has lifted the arms embargo on Uzbekistan. Reasons given are abolishment of the death penalty and release of political prisoners.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA)-- Filipino Grandmaster Mark Paragua turned back IM Dzhurabek Khamrakulov but his efforts were not good enough to power the seventh- seed Philippine chess team to a higher notch.
The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Craig John Murray (born 17 October 1958) is a human rights activist, writer, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Rector of the University of Dundee and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster School of Law. While at the embassy in Tashkent, he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, a step which, he argued, was against the wishes of the British government...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
by TAMMY ROSECRANS , Causecast Editor Uzbekistan is a country riddled with humanitarian crises. The authoritarian government is known for its lack of an independent judicial branch and wide spread human rights abuses against civilians and activists. October 27, it was announced that the European Union has lifted its embargo on the country. The EU placed the sanctions following the Andijan Massacre...
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