Olga Borisova
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Tashkent authorities keeping quiet about controversial plans to slash assistance to teachers.
President appears to be taking advantage of West’s focus on Iraq to renew pressure on the media.
There is widespread cynicism over a new state decree that would give farmers full control over their operations.
Tashkent wants to keep control of Karakalpakstan - yet seems unconcerned that its people are flooding into Kazakstan.
Prosecution of a Jehovah's Witness is viewed as latest attempt to check growth of Christian faiths.
The first Jehovah's Witness to be prosecuted for his faith is given a suspended jail sentence.
The government's quest for quotas is draining the fertility from soil already affected by the Aral Sea disaster.
United Nations finds evidence of systematic use of violence and intimidation in Uzbek jails.