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Another Libel Suit Against Press Brought in Kyrgyzstan

28.07.2008 20:22 msk Media Review Kyrgyzstan

Editors and journalists from the Justice for All monthly legal bulletin face charges under criminal defamation laws and, if found guilty, might see their publication closed. The second major libel case against the Kyrgyz press will be heard on July 29 in Jalalabad city court in southern Kyrgyzstan. Only today, the editor-in-chief of another popular opposition newspaper, De-facto, charged with publishing deliberately false accusations against a city official, appeared in court.

Kyrgyzstan: print-run of Alkak arrested

18.10.2007 17:02 msk Media Review Kyrgyzstan

Print-run (2,500 copies) of the independent newspaper Alkak was arrested in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, this Wednesday. The Bishkek police say the issue included a piece of religious-extremist nature. The editorial office in its turn maintains that the issue included no articles on religious matters.

Popular weekly closed in Uzbekistan

31.07.2007 15:44 msk Media Review Uzbekistan

The Uzbek Press and Information Agency closed Odamlar Orasida or Among People, a popular weekly specializing in religious matters and enlightenment.

Business ventures of the ex-Kyrgyz president's family remain in the focus of attention of the Western media

01.11.2006 12:10 msk Media Review Kyrgyzstan

"Dishonorable Alliance In The War On Terror?" is the title of the article published on MSNBC.com. NBC journalists laid hands on an FBI report claiming that the family of ex-president of Kyrgyz Askar Akayev ran an extensive international criminal network that included several American companies. Judging by the report, investigation turned up 175 objects connected with Akayev's organization. Investigation of Akayev's activities led the FBI to the territory of the United States where the Akayevs maintained contacts with "a certain US citizen known as founder of more than 6,000 American companies used by the underworld for the purposes of clandestine arms deals, traffic, and computer fraud."

The six issue of the only newspaper of labor immigrants in Moscow is available now

02.02.2006 15:08 msk Media Review

Uzbegim, a Moscow newpaper in the Uzbek language, was founded in late summer 2005 . This is a unique publication with information necessary for labour migrants from Uzbekistan in Moscow and the Moscow region. Construction sites and market places, restaurants with national cuisine and housing and communal offices in "sleeper" areas - these are but several spheres employing labor immigrants from Uzbekistan.

English version of Arena website opens

25.02.2005 11:06 msk Media Review

After almost one year of operation, the Committee for freedom of speech and expression (Uzbekistan) is pleased to announce launch of the English version of its website Arena (Freeuz.org).

Uzbek media review: the Kashkadarja region meets the cotton harvesting quota. - An Uzbek in space. - Forests cut down for pilau wood. - Tours will become more expensive

20.10.2004 23:26 msk Media Review

The attention of the Uzbek media remained glued to two major issues last week - the forthcoming parliamentary election and cotton harvesting campaign. Most articles in newspapers were centered around them. "The situation with the media in Uzbekistan is absolutely different from that In Russia. So far as I know, some international organizations specialize in criticism of the Uzbek media, viewing local newspapers and TV networks as conduits of the policy of the president and government he controls. Uzbek newspapers, TV networks, and radios may be somewhat restricted in the range of subjects they bring up but, thank God, they are not spoiled by elements of lopsided democracy - democracy of distorting mirrors when everything is permitted even when it collides with common sense and harms interests of society and the state."

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News briefs

23 may

20:55 Turkmenistan to boost gas extraction in 2013

20:31 The US base to leave Kyrgyzstan – security expert

10:32 Swedish, Uzbek journalists to announce purported proof of Gulnara Karimova-TeliaSonera links

22 may

22:09 “Hide and seek with the Uzbek dictator’s daughter” video goes online

22:04 Kyrgyz MPs finish investigating “early release” of criminal notoriety

08:21 Uzbek army unable to withstand Taliban - Russian newspaper

21 may

22:19 New details emerge on Gulnara Karimova’s PR campaign in Beijing

22:09 Afghan parliament rejects bill on women’s rights

21:55 Uzbek migrant in Russia preferred death to deportation

21:51 High Court of England allows selling ex-Kazakh banker’s property in UK

17 may

23:00 Human Rights Watch: Kyrgyz authorities should investigate courtroom assault

08:26 Uzbek citizen arrested in Idaho, USA, accused of supporting militants

16 may

10:49 Four American Writers to Travel to Uzbekistan

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Centralasiaonline Uzbekistan courts foreign investment, 23.05.2013

Eurasiareview Pakistan Elections: Imran Khan Down, But Not Out , 23.05.2013

The Hindu India to explore possibility of getting uranium from Uzbekistan, 22.05.2013

Eurasianet Turkmenistan: Arkadag’s Day at the Races Redux, 22.05.2013

US Department of State Release of the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, 21.05.2013

Right Side News The Enemy Among Us – Even in Idaho, 21.05.2013

Forum 18 KAZAKHSTAN: Pentecostal jailed for 2 months pre-trial, Baptist gets 3-days jail, atheist still in psychiatric hospital, 21.05.2013

Net Indian Hamid Ansari to visit Uzbekistan from May 21-24, 20.05.2013

Boston Globe Women’s rights legislation is stymied in Afghanistan, 19.05.2013

TOL Karimova gets schooled in Twitter debate, 18.05.2013

Sharnoffs Global Views Umarov: My Vision for Uzbekistan, 17.05.2013

Deseret News Man who allegedly taught bomb making in Utah arrested in terrorism case, 17.05.2013

Eurasianet Kyrgyzstan: News Site Unblocked, Yet Still Illegal, 08.05.2013

BBC Bakhtiyar Hamrayev: Tributes paid to Uzbek activist , 07.05.2013

World Bulletin Uzbek opposition to meet in Turkey, 07.05.2013

Forum 18 UZBEKISTAN: Continuing denials of prisoners' freedom of religion or belief, 07.05.2013

Eurasia Review Afghanistan: Economic Transition Path To Long-Term Stability, 07.05.2013

Global Post Uzbekistan cracks down on underage marriage, 06.05.2013

Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel Talks to the Turkmenistan President, 06.05.2013

BBC In pictures: Kazakhstan's first gay wedding , 04.05.2013

Eurasianet Turkmenistan: Berdymukhamedov Takes Tumble, 30.04.2013

IPHR Uzbekistan's partners should push for implementation of UN recommendations, 29.04.2013

CNN Strong quake hits southwestern China, 180 are dead, 21.04.2013

State.gov Assistant Secretary Blake To Travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, 20.04.2013

Times of India Taliban bomb kills seven Afghan civilians: Official, 17.04.2013

Global Post U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs discusses transparency of government agencies with Uzbek authorities, 13.04.2013

Central Asia Online Uzbekistan warns population of extremist activity, 12.04.2013

Forum 18 UZBEKISTAN: "Unbelievable" fines after no trial and raid with no warrant, 11.04.2013

CPJ The ban on Ferghana News violates the constitutional guarantee of access to information, 10.04.2013

Registan Gulnara Karimova: Is She Ready to be the Next President of Uzbekistan?, 09.04.2013

Eurasianet Uzbekistan Mission to UN Denies Report of Gulnara Karimova’s Resignation, 08.04.2013

New York Times Rumors About Uzbekistan Leader’s Health Set Off Succession Debate, 07.04.2013

RIAN Homecoming ‘Too Late’ for Soviet Soldier in Afghanistan, 06.04.2013

RTT Sr. US State Deptt. Official To Visit Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, 06.04.2013

HRW Kyrgyzstan: Violence Mars Supreme Court Hearing, 05.04.2013

Economist Two of Central Asia’s strongmen and their daughters ponder succession, 05.04.2013

Eurasianet Kazakhstan, UN Getting Involved In Rogun Mediation, 04.04.2013

World Policy (blog) Dammed or Damned: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Wrestle Over Water-Energy Nexus, 03.04.2013

RFE\RL Uzbek President's Daughter Attacks Finance Minister Again , 02.04.2013

Khaama Press Report: 5000 Afghan troops quit their job every month, 01.04.2013

Wall Street Journal TeliaSonera Could Face Fines in Uzbekistan Bribery Case, 29.03.2013

Forum 18 TURKMENISTAN: Ninth imprisoned conscientious objector, 26.03.2013

Khaama Press Iran behind water resources destruction in Afghanistan, 24.03.2013

RFE\RL Independent Media Windows Into Uzbekistan Face Financial Facts, 23.03.2013

Eurasianet Uzbekistan Says It Begins Shale Oil Drilling, 23.03.2013

ISN NATO, Uzbekistan and the ISAF Withdrawal, 21.03.2013

BBC Pakistan's Ashraf government makes history, 17.03.2013

Moscow Times MTS to Pull Out of Uzbekistan Next Month, 14.03.2013

Eurasianet Uzbekistan Ups Gas Production as Residents Forced to Choose Coal, 13.03.2013

The Atlantic A trip to Iran (photos), 13.03.2013

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