Full Coverage: Uzbekistan

07.04.2008 Daily life could not be more different in modern Ferghana, westernized by many Russian immigrants, and neighboring Andijan, where all activities stop for prayers and some conservative Muslims have been labeled terrorists by the government.

22.02.2008 The European Union is eager to strengthen its economic partnerships with Central Asian nations, notably Turkmenistan, despite the extremely poor human rights records of countries in this region, writes David Cronin.

07.02.2008 The Uzbek government's recent release of five human rights activists in the days preceding an important EU-Uzbekistan meeting indicates that sustained international pressure on the Central Asian nation is effective, reports an international human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch

15.01.2008 Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, has placed a ban on all cotton sourced from Uzbekistan for its clothing range, homeware and corporate purchases.

28.11.2007 Paljastukset lapsityövoiman käytöstä Uzbekistanin puuvillapelloilla on pakottanut tekstiili- ja vaatetusalan yrityksiä selvittämään suhtautumistaan eettisesti kyseenalaisella tavalla tuotettuun raaka-aineeseen. Esimerkiksi Marimekko on keskeyttänyt puuvillaostot, H&M tutkii asiaa.

27.11.2007 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
From: UNFPA

17.09.2007 The unsolved murder of a famous theater director, whose work challenged political and social norms in Uzbekistan, has caused despair among artists and intellectuals.

25.09.2006 Fourth National Summit of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Summit 2006) held on 25 September at the International Business Centre (Tashkent) opened the ICT Week in Uzbekistan.

13.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - The Bush Administration is objecting to a groundbreaking treaty that set up a nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.

11.09.2006 Five Central Asian states committed themselves to never acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, or testing nuclear weapons by signing a treaty Thursday to create a Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone.
From: Arms Control Association

28.07.2006 Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.

26.07.2006 As the Aral Sea continues to shrink beyond recognition between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, millions have suffered from the after effects: the resulting toxic dust has contaminated drinking water and air, spreading cancer and tuberculosis throughout the region.

12.05.2006 In May 2005, Uzbek forces suppressed a popular demonstration, killing close to 1,000 civilians. Little has changed for the people of Andijan in the ensuing year.

12.05.2006 On kulunut jo vuosi siitä kun Uzbekistanin armeija avasi tulen aseettomia mielenosoittajia vastaan Andizhanin kaupungissa. Ketään ei ole asetettu tuomiolle tapahtumasta, jossa sadat ihmiset menettivät henkensä. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Wach perää kansainväliseltä yhteisöltä tiukkoja otteita kriisin selvittämiseksi.

28.04.2006 The training courses on information and communication technologies (ICT) have started in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan.

07.03.2006 The criminal process that led to an eight-year sentence for Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, an international rights group said today.

22.02.2006 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö tyrmistyi 11 uzbekistanilaisen turvapaikanhakijan pakkokäännyttämisestä Ukrainan viranomaisten toimesta. UNHCR vaatii pikaista selvitystä ja lisätietoa käännytettyjen kohtalosta.

31.01.2006 Uzbek authorities blocked access to the trial of a human rights defender who had spoken out about last May's Andijan massacre, an international rights group said today.

24.10.2005 The "Uzbekistan Development Gateway (UzDG)" component of the Centre for economic research in cooperation with Gender unit of the UNDP CO in the Republic of Uzbekistan developed the first edition of the "Gender equality in Uzbekistan" information e-newsletter.

21.10.2005 In the Uzbek governmentÂ’s most recent effort to silence human rights defenders, a court in Tashkent ordered a prominent human rights activist to undergo forcible psychiatric treatment.