This is a translation of Elena’s post that was originally published here.
Recently, Avas Saipov, father of a journalist Alisher Saipov, who was murdered on October 24, 2007, sent open letter to the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Information Agency Fergana.ru published excerpts of Avas Saipov’s letter. In his letter, Saipov senior addresses the president of […]
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, […]
As President’s Press service informs, President Islam Karimov signed a decree on 5 March 2008 On increasing the salaries, pensions, stipends and social allowances.
As Press service continues, “According to the document, starting from 1 April salaries to employees of the state-financed institutions and organizations, as well as pensions, stipends and social allowances will be […]
Preparations for Navruz, one of the most popular holidays in Uzbekistan, took a lot of time, nerves and people’s manual power. However, it’s not a disturbing fact for high ranking people - Islam Karimov and his apparatus, diplomats and honored guests - who had an honor to celebrate Navruz at the Alisher Navoi square […]
It seems that Islam Karimov, current president of Uzbekistan, who has been leading the country for almost twenty years, is again reshuffling high ranking officials in the country. Recently, one of the key figures of Uzbek politics Anvar Nabiev, a Deputy Prosecutor General, was taken into custody for some unknown reasons. Today, there are […]
Not surprisingly, Anvar Nabiev, a Deputy Prosecutor General, has been recently arrested by the law enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan. Shuffling high ranking officials has already become a usual procedure for Uzbekistan, as president Islam Karimov very often changes people in key position in both in central and local governments.
Anvar Nabiev is a well known […]
Today is one of the most important days in Uzbekistan. Seventy years ago, in 1938, on this day a child was born in Uzbekistan, who later, begginning from 1989, would change the history of the country. Change…literally. Today is the seventy years birthday of the president of Uzbekistan Islam Abduganievich Karimov. Islam Karimov has […]
A very interesting video of the discussion between Natalia Antaleva, a BBC correspondent based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Shohida Tolaganova, an Uzbek journalist and filmmaker based in London, and Craig Murray, an ex-ambassador of UK to Uzbekistan from 2002 to 2004 (married to an Uzbek woman). The topic of the discussion is “Uzbekistan - repression […]
“I swear to serve the people of Uzbekistan, honor the Constitution and the law, guarantee rights and freedoms of citizens of the republic, and perform functions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the best of my ability.” Mr. Islam Karimov, inauguration speech, January 16, 2008.
“I swear to serve the people of Uzbekistan…”, […]
As usual our President announced his New Year message to the people of Uzbekistan. As usual it was a set of banal words and only naive people could listen to such a nonsense without a sarcasm.
Karimov says that “each of us, gathered for a festive table, unwillingly thoughts returned to the unforgettable events, […]
