Recently, all leading state-controlled TV companies in Uzbekistan had broadcast an about hour long program about the Radio Ozodlik (RFE/RL Uzbek service), where they accused the RFE/RL Uzbek service staff of being “traitors” who bring “unfriendly” messages into the country and thus attempt to destabilize the situation in Uzbekistan. The program was broadcast at […]

International conference titled «Freedom of the media in a modern democracy» was held in Tashkent on June 9-10. Among organizers there were progovernmental Institute for Civil Society Studies, Regional Politics Foundation, and the Uzbek National Center for Human Rights.
According to President’s press-service, the conference attracted journalists and experts from Great Britain, Germany, Egypt, Israel, […]

Last Friday (May 16) police in France, Germany and the Netherlands arrested 10 men suspected of providing funds to the Islamic Movment of Uzbekistan (IMU) (AP). Eight of the suspects were arrested in France and one each in Germany and the Netherlands. Interestingly, at least nine of the arrestees are believed to be of […]

It seems likely that the British Government will support the continued suspension of the visa ban on Uzbek officials when the matter comes up for discussion at the end of the month. On 29 April the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will meet in Luxembourg to discuss a range of affairs […]

An Uzbek human rights activist has urged the EU not to soften its line on Uzbekistan. Writing in the guardian, Abdujalil Boymatov - who has been granted refugee status in Ireland - argues that, ‘Repressive as Soviet rule was, I can say that the regime of President Karimov is five times more repressive.’
Boymatov’s rap […]

The Embassy of the United States in Tashkent makes a lot to provide locals (ordinary people) with access to information. Sometimes they try to provide with access to banned sources of information such as blocked internet sites and banned international reports [of the US State Department and international organizations].
Information Resource Center (IRC) based at […]

For me day starts at 10 or 10:30 a.m. You may say it’s too late. I’d agree you if you asked the same when I started internship at March while being under the impression of making internship at the governmental structure responsible for foreign affairs. But after a week I understood that staff is […]

This is a translation of the post by Provincialka published in the Russian language blog.
Each year, twenty students, who have been studying for 9 semesters (4.5 years), are sent to undergo internships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. It is a dream of thousands of students and potential graduates of universities of Uzbekistan, […]

Recently, we have observed a significant shift in Uzbekistan’s foreign policy, as Uzbek officials started showing their sympathy to the West by making moves that were welcomed by EU and US. The recent amnesties of prominent human rights activists and receiving EU and US high ranking officials in Tashkent are proofs to my words. […]

Recently, on 22 February, president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov participated in informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States that was held in Moscow. As UzA Uzbekistan National Information Agency informs:
The main issue on the summit agenda was implementation of the Concept of development of the CIS adopted at the October 2007 summit […]