Gulnoza Saidazimova

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• September 06, 2007

  Germany Points To Uzbek Link In Terrorist Plot

  German officials say that an Islamist militant group originally based in Uzbekistan was behind a plot to launch bomb attacks.

• September 04, 2007

  Protests Said To Hit Eastern Uzbekistan

  September 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Residents of the Oltiaryq district in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Valley reportedly took to the streets on September 3 to protest rising prices.

• August 13, 2007

  Banned Islamic Group Continues To Gain Members

  Membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir appears to be on the rise despite many of its members being prosecuted and jailed.

• August 03, 2007

  Detained Journalist's Health Said To Worsen

  The friends and relatives of an imprisoned independent Uzbek journalist are worried about his ailing health and mental state.

• July 31, 2007

  Turkey Lifts Visa Requirement For Post-Soviet States

  Ankara has lifted its visa requirement for tourist visits to Turkey of up to 30 days by citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Mongolia.

• July 27, 2007

  Central Asia: Kazakhs, Uzbeks Strengthen Media Grip Ahead Of Slated Elections

  Voting in Almaty in the 2005 Kazakh presidential poll (RFE/RL) July 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Two Central Asian republics are scheduled for elections in the coming months, with parliamentary elections set for mid-August in Kazakhstan and legislation calling for a presidential poll in Uzbekistan in December.

• July 26, 2007

  Uzbekistan: TB Among Prison Population Highlights Broader Risks

  TB is particularly widespread among Uzbek prison inmates, and prisons are considered the epidemiological pump behind the high rate of TB in the country (file photo) (RFE/RL) July 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Last week, the body of an inmate serving a sentence for Islamist-inspired sedition was buried after being handed over to his family, who say he died of tuberculosis (TB).

• July 19, 2007

  U.S.: Exiled Uzbek Journalist Faces U.S. Deadline

  Ruslan Sharipov shown during his time in Uzbek custody (courtesy photo) (Courtesy Photo) July 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An independent Uzbek journalist and laureate of a prestigious international journalism award says he fears he's worn out his welcome with U.S. authorities.

• July 13, 2007

  The End Of Isolationism?

  President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has become personally acquainted with quite a few foreign leaders during his six-month presidency.

• July 10, 2007

  No Sign Of Expected Presidential Election

  It's less than six months before President Islam Karimov's final term should end, but there's been no announcement of any upcoming vote and no campaigning of any sort.

• September 08, 2006

  Central Asia After 9/11 | Fighting terrorism or fighting dissent?

  Five years after 9/11, Central Asia's governments are increasingly cracking down on domestic dissent under the pretext of fighting terror.

• September 08, 2006

  Arrest Sends Shock Waves Despite Release

  An opposition leader has been released from Polish custody following efforts by lawmakers and diplomats.

• August 28, 2006

  Upheaval Said To Be Approaching

  The president has proclaimed in the past that the nation is heading toward democracy and that democratic reforms are the only form of political development.

• August 24, 2006

  More Andijon Refugees Return

  Forty-one Uzbek nationals are on their way home from the United States, after fleeing the May 2005 government crackdown on protests in Andijon.

• August 21, 2006

  Uzbek Refugees Fear Deportation

  Kyrgyzstan's new cooperation with the Uzbek security services has refugees from the 2005 Andijon violence worried.

• August 15, 2006

  Government Takes On U.S. Firm

  Uzbek authorities have launched a criminal probe into a U.S.-Uzbek joint venture that operates the largest gold mine in the world.

• August 10, 2006

  'Extremism' In Central Asia

  A popular Kyrgyz imam was shot dead on August 6, in an apparent joint Kyrgyz-Uzbek effort to combat alleged extremism. The imam was widely known for allowing Hizb ut-Tahrir members to worship at his mosque.

• August 09, 2006

  Kyrgyzstan: Five More Andijon Refugees Extradited To Uzbekistan

  Bodies of the dead following the Andijon crackdown in May 2005 (AFP) Authorities in Bishkek today extradited five Uzbek nationals in custody in the southern city of Osh to Uzbekistan. The five are accused of involvement in unrest in May 2005 in Andijon, which was met with deadly force by security troops. The repatriation ends the Kyrgyz chapter in a saga that saw them cross into Kyrgyzstan after Uzbek government troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators in Andijon, Human rights activists warn that the five could face torture -- or worse.

• August 08, 2006

  Not A Terrorist | Imam's family rejects state's claims

  Relatives and supporters of a Kyrgyz cleric killed by security forces are rejecting official claims that imam Muhammadrafiq Kalamov, widelyl known as Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin, belonged to an Islamist terror group. Thousands of people turned up in his hometown of Kara-Suu, in southern Kyrgyzstan, on August 7 to pay their final respects. Mourners marched amid a strengthened police presence in the streets on the way to the cemetery, hailing the imam as a "martyr" for the Islamic cause. Tensions are likely to remain high as Kamoluddin's family and followers await the results of an official probe into his death at the hands of counterterrorism troops on August 6.

• August 07, 2006

  Imam Killed | Cleric dies in shoot-out with security forces

  PRAGUE, August 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A prominent religious leader known for allowing Islamic radicals to pray alongside other worshippers at his mosque in southern Kyrgyzstan has been killed in a security raid.

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