Uzbekistan

UK Plans to Use Tajikistan as Afghan Exit Route

1 Mar 13

View of the Sokh enclave, which belongs to Uzbekistan but is located inside Kyrgyz territory. (Photo: IWPR)

View of the Sokh enclave, which belongs to Uzbekistan but is located inside Kyrgyz territory. (Photo: IWPR)

Enclave Issues Challenge Uzbek, Kyrgyz Leaders

Fraught political relationship makes fixing local problems that much more difficult.

15 Feb 13

"Volunteering" Gone Mad in Uzbekistan

7 Feb 13

Tajik-Uzbek Relations at Low Ebb

As Uzbek leader calls for respect and mutual understanding, many Tajiks believe it is time he showed some.

31 Jan 13

Uzbekistan’s main HIV/AIDS centre in Tashkent. (Photo: IWPR)

Uzbekistan’s main HIV/AIDS centre in Tashkent. (Photo: IWPR)

Uzbekistan Short of HIV Drugs

30 Jan 13

Welfare Cuts in Uzbekistan

29 Jan 13

Uzbek migrant workers get little support from their government if they run into trouble abroad. (Photo: Andrey Kudryashov/IWPR archive)

Uzbek migrant workers get little support from their government if they run into trouble abroad. (Photo: Andrey Kudryashov/IWPR archive)

Uzbek Leader Wakes Up to Mass Emigration

President shows sudden concern for unemployed.

25 Jan 13

Uzbek Conscripts Pay for Shorter Army Service

17 Jan 13

Public meeting in Charbak after the violence. (Photo: IWPR)

Public meeting in Charbak after the violence. (Photo: IWPR)

Kyrgyzstan Enclave in Turmoil

Row over location of electricity poles erupts into violence, reflecting deeper tensions in Kyrgyz-Uzbek border areas.

11 Jan 13

Russian human rights defender Yelena Ryabina. (Photo courtesy of Ye. Ryabina)

Russian human rights defender Yelena Ryabina. (Photo courtesy of Ye. Ryabina)

Uzbek Secret Police Roam Russian Prisons

Rights activists says Tashkent security men interrogate detainees and abduct asylum-seekers in Russia with impunity.

9 Jan 13

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