Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Faces AIDS Epidemic

The number of people contracting HIV has doubled in the past year, as the crumbling economy forces more young people into prostitution and drug use.

21 Feb 05

The nationalist government is determined to wipe out all traces of the Soviet past - even to the extent of bulldozing graveyards.

21 Feb 05

Women are flocking to join outlawed Islamic movement strongly critical of the authorities.

21 Feb 05

Head of state claims not to have known about a series of human rights demonstrations in the capital.

21 Feb 05

President Niazov’s alleged preference for Turkish companies is harming local businesses.

21 Feb 05

Rights groups say Russians arrested outspoken Uzbek dissident on trumped up charges in effort to silence him.

21 Feb 05

Local minority fears Kyrgyz government is targeting it as part of a bigger political game.

21 Feb 05

A ride in a Tajik taxi can be lethal if the driver has converted it to gas power.

21 Feb 05

Over-60s stage protest as local government runs out of cash to pay pensions.

21 Feb 05

Officials hope bilateral agreement with Moscow will put an end to the intimidation and deaths of Tajiks working in Russia.

21 Feb 05

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