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Uzbekistan holds parliamentary election without real opposition
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uzbekistan holds parliamentary election without real opposition

The Independent  

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A foregone conclusion: on the Uzbekistan referendum to rewrite the Constitution and the country’s future
1 year, 7 months ago

A foregone conclusion: on the Uzbekistan referendum to rewrite the Constitution and the country’s future

The Hindu  

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won overwhelming voter approval in Sunday’s referendum to rewrite the Constitution, which the 65-year-old leader claims would not only improve governance and quality of life in the former Soviet republic but could also allow him to extend his rule beyond his current term. Mr. Mirziyoyev, a former loyal Prime Minister of dictator Islam Karimov, has gradually …

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Uzbekistan referendum to allow president to extend rule for another decade
1 year, 9 months ago

Uzbekistan referendum to allow president to extend rule for another decade

Firstpost  

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016 after the death of his autocratic predecessor Islam Karimov and has pushed through significant economic and social reforms Tashkent, Uzbekistan: A constitutional referendum set for late April in Uzbekistan could extend President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s rule of the Central Asian nation for at least another decade, authorities announced Wednesday. Mirziyoyev came to power …

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Uzbekistan jails protesters over anti-government unrest
1 year, 10 months ago

Uzbekistan jails protesters over anti-government unrest

Al Jazeera  

Court sentences 22 people to various prison terms over last year’s unrest which left 21 people dead. A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced 22 people, including a journalist, to various prison terms over deadly unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan republic last July. Steve Swerdlow, a human rights lawyer and expert on Uzbek affairs, wrote on Twitter that while the defendants …

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Reporter’s Notebook: What’s behind Uzbekistan’s deadly unrest?
2 years, 5 months ago

Reporter’s Notebook: What’s behind Uzbekistan’s deadly unrest?

Al Jazeera  

Last week’s unrest in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan has an economic and a complicated political side. This is the feeling I often had when reporting from Uzbekistan’s largest and most environmentally troubled region with a barely pronounceable name – Karakalpakstan. Karakalpakstan means “land of the black cloaks” after a medieval Turkic tribe that was part of nomadic coalitions roaming …

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Ukraine war: Is Central Asia loosening ties with Russia?
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine war: Is Central Asia loosening ties with Russia?

Al Jazeera  

On March 17, as Moscow’s war on Ukraine intensified, Uzbekistan made a statement few observers anticipated. And since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power as president in 2016, the relationship between the two countries has significantly improved to the extent that last year, Russia surpassed China as Uzbekistan’s main trading partner. Surrounded by Russia, China, Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea, the …

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