Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Uzbeks gave overwhelming approval in a referendum to constitutional changes …
Uzbekistan has put 22 people on trial, accusing them of “undermining constitutional order” by taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in July. Officially, 21 people died in the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in the protests, sparked by a planned change to the constitution that would have undermined the region’s right to self-determination. Writing on Telegram, Obidov said “22 people” were …
The country’s autonomous Karakalpakstan province has seen rare major unrest over planned constitutional changes. Uzbekistan’s president said there have been casualties among civilians and law enforcement personnel after rare public protests in the country’s autonomous northwestern Karakalpakstan province, which has seen significant unrest over a planned constitutional reform. In a statement posted online on Sunday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said rioters …
100 marathons in 100 days. Ultra-runner and water campaigner Mina Guli runs along the Aral Sea, Uzbekistan. Mina Guli prepares to run a marathon near the Aral Sea, Uzbekistan. Mina Guli chose to highlight Uzbekistan's Aral Sea on her 100-marathon campaign as an example of how humans have used freshwater unmeasured, assuming it would never run out. Mina Guli's supporters …
