RAPID RESPONSE GROUP (RRG) FOR PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN UZBEKISTAN
STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY SITUATION IN KAGAN DISTRICT OF BUKHARA REGION
It has already been reported that at night of July 10th 2008 in a rocket-artillery warehouse of the military unit of the Ministry of Defence located in Kagan district of Bukhara region an ignition took place […]
Recently, on June 14-15, the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek hosted a trade fair in which Uzbek handicraftsmen presented their work to Kyrgyz audience/customers. A fair was not that big, but one could find very interesting things done by skilled handicraft workers – from small ceramic statues of old Uzbek men holding either non (flat Uzbek […]
“Even if there is one person in the concert hall, I will sing!”
Philipp Kirkorov, a famous Russian singer and producer.
The concert of Dado and DJ Piligrim was canceled for unknown reasons. However, rumors say that the singers refused to go to the stage due to the low number of the audience.
Thereby, our […]
The Ilkhom Theater, a legendary theater founded by a murdered Mark Weil, is traveling through the world showing their best performances to the admirers of acting. Today, they are in the United States. Here is the video on how the audience reacted to Ilkhom’s acting after their Seattle debut.
Very soon, Ilkom will hit the […]
What maybe more pleasant than hearing the sound of karnai (weddning horn) early in the morning from a wedding party in your neighbourhood that calls everyone to come and taste a wedding plov or shurva (soup)? What may be more pleasant than eating plov or shurva at nonushta (early morning meal for neighbours and relatives at weddings - lit. translated […]
Recently in YouTube, there was a series of videos uploaded about Uzbekistan. All of the videos are very interesting and it made me do some research on the origins of the files.
What I found out is very interesting. The videos are actually results of the OneMinutesJr workshop what was held in Uzbekistan in October […]
The beloved football team of Uzbekistan Pakhtakor lost in finals of Commonwealth Champions Cup to Azderbaijani football team Khazar-Lenkoran with the score 3:4. The match was hold on January 27 in Russian city St Petersburg. The stadium was full of fans. Even though the match was hold in Russia, there were a lot of […]
Most of you, especially those who like American football, know that Superbowl, which is held once every year in US, is one of the most prestigious football matches. Every year, thousands of football fans go to Superbowl to support their teams. However, there are a lot of people who go to Superbowl with some […]
Over the next month, TOL and neweurasia are accepting submissions for the Best Central Asia Blog Awards. There are several prizes to be won, and the overall winner will get to go to the next Global Voices conference in 2008.
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On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, it will be 40 days since the death of a journalist Alisher Saipov, a prominent journalist, who was shot dead on October 24, 2007, in southern city of Kyrgyzstan for his journalistic activity. Alisher Saipov was a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. However, in his analytical articles and reports, he mainly […]
