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Uzbek officials: “Our prisons are most progressive, mass media are most democratic; no torture, because it is prohibited!”

20.07.2015 10:40 msk Human Rights Politics Religious life Migration Internet Uzbekistan

Every five years starting in 1996, Uzbekistan delivers a report before UN Committee for Human Rights on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. There are very few people aware of this document in Uzbekistan, save the officials and a handful of pro-government NGOs like the Committee of Women of Uzbekistan or the Ijtimoiy Fikr Sociology Centre, which characterise themselves as independent for some reason. Public hearings of another report took place at the Wilson Pallaise in Geneva, Switzerland on July 8-9, where an delegation from Uzbekistan responded to questions 18 members of the committee had to ask them.

IT break, or Why Migrants Need Internet

19.01.2014 11:15 msk Human Rights Migration Internet Russia Uzbekistan

The Sankt-Peterburg Center for Independent Sociological Research issued a report on communicative strategies and information resources, which Uzbek migrants in Russia mostly use. The report is entitled “Uzbek Migrants in Russia: Information Space and Social Communications” and is based on a research held between August 2011 and February 2012. The research in question was held in three Russian cities—Sankt-Peterburg, Pskov, and Kazan, and in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. A total of 46 migrants were interviewed (13 in Kazan, 12 in Pskov, nine in Sankt-Peterburg, and 12 in Samarkand) and editors of three mass media outlets targeting migrants from Central Asia were interviewed.

Uzbek President: “It is impossible to encircle the Internet with an iron fence or ban it”

05.04.2013 21:48 msk Internet Uzbekistan

The head of Uzbek state is certain that it is impossible to ban the Internet altogether. He has said so during a speech at the Tashkent Regional Council on 1 Apr. 2013. It is noteworthy that the official Uzbek mass media outlets did not publish this rather outstanding statement delivered in Russian, except for Gazeta.uz that put it under the Quote of the Week section.

Kyrgyz state communications agency chief allows unblocking Fergana access

29.03.2013 11:15 msk Politics Internet Kyrgyzstan Russia

The head of the State Communications Agency (SCA) of Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Almaz Kadyrkulov, told the Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper that local ISPs “have the right” to unblock access to the Fergana news agency’s website: “[Communications] operators have the right to unblock [access to] the website, and I don’t care at all.” Mr. Kadyrkulov said these words after a local court ruled to stop hearings on blocked access due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

News briefs

Media headlines

Diplomat What Central Asia Means to the United States, 16.09.2016

Registan No such thing as a “succession war” as Uzbekistan enters the post-Karimov era, 12.09.2016

Foreign Affairs Uzbekistan After Karimov, 08.09.2016

The Washington Post Uzbekistan had the same president for 25 years. What happens now?, 07.09.2016

The Interpreter Uzbekistan: Fragile and uncertain as the curtain falls on Karimov era, 07.09.2016

Mission Network What is next for Uzbekistan in the leadership transition?, 07.09.2016

The Washington Post Islam Karimov and the massacre in Uzbekistan that the world forgot, 30.08.2016

The Diplomat China's Nightmare: Xinjiang Jihadists Go Global, 18.08.2016

Journal of Democracy 25 years after the USSR: What's gone wrong?, 17.08.2016

Hurriyet 43 journalists arrested, while 100 with detention warrants after Turkey's coup attempt, 14.08.2016

Al Jazeera Only legitimate, effective and sustainable politics can untangle Afghanistan from its multitude of challenges, 14.08.2016

ANT ‘Help me stop embezzlement of public property and protect my life!’ – Balkanabad resident appeals to Turkmen President, 13.08.2016

Jamestown Foundation New Generation of Politicians Set to Play Growing Role in Kazakhstan, 11.08.2016

Telegraph Erdogan's purge may give Nato no choice but to expel Turkey from the alliance, 20.07.2016

Al-Monitor Was Turkey's coup attempt just an elaborate hoax by Erdogan?, 18.07.2016

Diplomat Here Come the Stereotypes: Central Asians Implicated in Istanbul Attack, 02.07.2016

Guardian Uzbekistan's magnificent cities: where Soviet style meets Islamic heritage, 25.06.2016

Sratfor Northern Afghanistan's Militancy Threat Is Rising, 20.06.2016

Eurasianet Uzbekistan: Satellites Dishes Removed Ahead of Summit, 31.05.2016

The Diplomat Corruption, Politics, and Power in Uzbekistan, 27.05.2016

Nikkei Asian Review Will Afghan instability inundate Central Asian republics?, 25.05.2016

PressTV Turkey to 'seek normal ties with Russia under new government', 25.05.2016

Al Jazeera Tajikistan: Indefinite autocracy takes hold, 24.05.2016

The Diplomat ISIS and Central Asia: A Shifting Recruiting Strategy, 17.05.2016

Carnegie.Ru Uzbeks in Russia: Not Homesick Yet, 13.05.2016

Coda A Violent Struggle Over National Identity, 04.05.2016

Times of Central Asia Kyrgyzstan in the EEU: persisting problems, vague prospects, 02.05.2016

Jamestown Foundation Central Asia’s ‘Karabakhs’ May Be Even More Dangerous Than the Original, 02.05.2016

Eurasianet After Putin-Karimov Meeting, Disagreements On Afghanistan Remain, 27.04.2016

CPJ CPJ urges Kyrgyzstan to release Azimjon Askarov, 25.04.2016

IPHR Torture concerns for prisoner in Uzbekistan, 25.04.2016

Sputnik Scientists Unearth 11th Century Persian Scholar's Supernova Surveillance, 24.04.2016

Times of Central Asia Gold mining in Kyrgyzstan: too many licenses, little performance, 23.04.2016

HRW Kyrgyzstan: UN Calls for Activist’s Release, 22.04.2016

Asia Times Russia eyes better ties with Uzbekistan ahead of SCO summit, 19.04.2016

Eurasianet Tajikistan Escapes Sanctions Thanks To Its "Important National Interest" To U.S., 19.04.2016

CPJ 'Erdoğan is killing journalism,' says Today's Zaman editor forced out after takeover, 15.04.2016

Al Jazeera Afghanistan's internal refugee crisis, 14.04.2016

Reuters Taliban announces start of spring offensive in Afghanistan, 12.04.2016

Eurasianet Kyrgyzstan: President Savors Win in South, but Opposition Headaches Remain, 29.03.2016

Al Jazeera Are 'Water Wars' imminent in Central Asia?, 24.03.2016

Carnegie.Ru Uzbekistan at Twenty-Five: What Next?, 24.03.2016

The Diplomat Protest in Southern Kyrgyzstan Canceled Amid Coup Rumors, 24.03.2016

openDemocracy Intimidation, beatings and murder — this is Central Asia’s authoritarianism without borders, 24.02.2016

CPJ Head of Kazakh journalists' union detained, 23.02.2016

Anadolu Turkish president vows to increase fight against terror, 18.02.2016

RFE/RL Nepotism And Dynasty In Central Asian Politics , 09.02.2016

The Diplomat Central Asia Fails on Rights and Corruption, 28.01.2016

Reuters U.S. offers Turkey technology to block Islamic State at Syria border, 22.01.2016

Eurasianet Uzbekistan: Frozen Millions on Agenda as Minister Holds Talks in U.S.?, 20.01.2016

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