http://www.rferl.org/archive/Uzbekistan/latest/671/671.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Uzbekistan http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Uzbekistan/latest/671/671.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:28 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Prosecutors say 30-year-old Fazliddin Kurbanov was arrested in the city of Boise on May 15 as part of a terrorism investigation. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-uzbek-terror-idaho/24988509.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-uzbek-terror-idaho/24988509.html Fri, 17 May 2013 02:26:48 +0000 Uzbekistan The multinational musical glitzfest known as Eurovision holds its final in Sweden. But the main sponsor of this year's contest raises eyebrows for its ties to human rights abuses in the former Soviet Union. http://www.rferl.org/content/eurovision-sweden-scandal-sponsor-karimova/24988235.html http://www.rferl.org/content/eurovision-sweden-scandal-sponsor-karimova/24988235.html Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:25 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on May 11 in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan Province that killed six people and injured more than 60. http://www.rferl.org/content/imu-pakistan-bombing-quetta/24985792.html http://www.rferl.org/content/imu-pakistan-bombing-quetta/24985792.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:50:35 +0000 Pakistan RFE/RL's Uzbek Service Eight years after what has become widely known as the "Andijon massacre," " Human Rights Watch says Uzbekistan remains a human-rights disaster." http://www.rferl.org/content/human-rights-watch-uzbekistan-andijon-anniversary/24984419.html http://www.rferl.org/content/human-rights-watch-uzbekistan-andijon-anniversary/24984419.html Mon, 13 May 2013 10:03:59 +0000 Uzbekistan RFE/RL The nephew of Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has been killed in a car crash in Tashkent. http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-car-crash-usmanov/24981068.html http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-car-crash-usmanov/24981068.html Wed, 08 May 2013 16:16:03 +0000 Uzbekistan RFE/RL's Uzbek Service In recent years, the countries of Central Asia have experienced some of the fastest growing rates of HIV infection in the world. One of the key populations at risk is men who have sex with men. http://www.rferl.org/content/hiv-central-asia-msm-/24977075.html http://www.rferl.org/content/hiv-central-asia-msm-/24977075.html Sun, 05 May 2013 08:42:08 +0000 Tajikistan In parts of Central Asia, obsolete farm machinery keeps agricultural production low. A look at Kyrgyzstan shows how much. http://www.rferl.org/content/central-asia-aging-farms/24976547.html http://www.rferl.org/content/central-asia-aging-farms/24976547.html Sat, 04 May 2013 09:36:57 +0000 Kyrgyzstan Charles Recknagel A U.S. government advisory body says that Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are among the world's worst violators of religious freedom. http://www.rferl.org/content/religious-freedom-us-iran-iraq-pakistan-uzbekistan-tajikistan-turkmenistan/24973030.html http://www.rferl.org/content/religious-freedom-us-iran-iraq-pakistan-uzbekistan-tajikistan-turkmenistan/24973030.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:48:23 +0000 News Richard Solash Gulnara Karimova's name has mysteriously disappeared from Uzbekistan's official list of ambassadors, prompting speculation that the Uzbek president's daughter no longer represents her country at the United Nations. http://www.rferl.org/content/gulnara-karmova-ambassadorship-/24968755.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gulnara-karmova-ambassadorship-/24968755.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:58:47 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/gulnara-karmova-ambassadorship-/24968755.html#relatedInfoContainer Police in Uzbekistan have launched a campaign against bad cyclists in an apparent effort to reduce road accidents. http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-tashkent-bicycle-crackdown/24967629.html http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-tashkent-bicycle-crackdown/24967629.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:24:37 +0000 Uzbekistan Shukhrat Babajanov Mamadali Mahmudov, a renowned Uzbek writer once seen as a potential rival to the country's entrenched president, has been released after spending 14 years in penal custody. http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-writer-mahmudov-freed-prison/24963553.html http://www.rferl.org/content/uzbekistan-writer-mahmudov-freed-prison/24963553.html Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:31:54 +0000 Uzbekistan RFE/RL's Uzbek Service The U.S. State Department has released its "Country Reports On Human Rights Practices" for 2012, highlighting crackdowns on civil society, struggles for democratic change, and threats to freedom of expression. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-human-rights-reports-countries/24963086.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-human-rights-reports-countries/24963086.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:54:48 +0000 Features RFE/RL