Uzbekistan

24 May 2019
Internet Freedom in Central Asia Beset by ‘Technical’ Difficulties: Governments in the region routinely censor online speech for short-term political goals. Could Uzbekistan reverse the trend?; By Ky Krauthamer

30 April 2019
Can Saxaul Save the Aral?: A native tree shows great promise as a bulwark against the desert spreading over the dried-up sea bed.

8 April 2019
Uzbekistan Offers to Host Afghan Peace Talks: Both Kabul and the Taliban appreciate Tashkent’s quiet diplomacy, but peace talks still seem a distant prospect.

13 March 2019
Gulnara Karimova’s Daughter Provides New Details of Her Mother’s Detention: Interview with The Guardian comes days after daughter of late Uzbek president sent off to a prison colony for violating terms of her home imprisonment.

18 February 2019
Uzbekistan Bond Sale Off to Good Start: Following a trail blazed by Tajikistan, Tashkent has the advantage of a more open economy.

6 February 2019
Global Democracy in Retreat According to Freedom House: Monitoring group downgrades Hungary, Serbia from ‘free’ to ‘partially free,’ while Uzbekistan marks a modest improvement.

8 January 2019
Uzbekistan Scraps Exit Visas: End of travel controls is latest milestone in country’s emergence from despotism.

19 December 2018
Uzbekistan Makes Strides Against Forced Labor: … but not fast enough, according to campaigners who say 180,000 people were ordered to pick cotton this year.

19 October 2018
Putin Splashes Out on Uzbek Trip: Commercial, military, and scientific cooperation with Tashkent are all set for a boost.

12 October 2018
Central Asian Boxers in Tough Fight to Restore Sport’s Luster: Revered Kazakh boxer Serik Konakbaev wants to supplant the current head of amateur boxing, who faces U.S. accusations of abetting organized crime.

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