The KyrgyzGaz state energy company has agreed with Uzbekistan on the amount of Uzbek gas that will be sent to Kyrgyzstan in 2009.
Kyrgyz human rights activists are concerned about the fate of an Uzbek refugee who has not been seen since September.
Members of the UN Human Rights Council have called on authorities in Uzbekistan to release detained human rights activists, stop harassing independent journalists, and ensure adherence to general human rights principles. The human rights situation in Uzbekistan was discussed during a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on December 11.
U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Richard Norland is urging the Uzbek government to release prisoners of conscience.
The United States and NATO, facing an increase of attacks in Pakistan against Afghan-bound supply convoys, are stepping up efforts to secure alternative supply routes into Afghanistan.
NATO says it is interested in finding alternative routes to supply its troops stationed in Afghanistan. NATO spokesman James Appathurai told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service that talks with Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and the majority of Central Asian countries about possible railway routes to Afghanistan are under way.
Prominent Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tajibayeva was given a human rights award by the French government in Paris today.
Sixty years ago, the UN adopted a milestone document that provided impetus to the human rights movement and inspired standard-bearers of peace, equality, and justice. How is it holding up?
International organizations today urged Uzbek President Islam Karimov to release all human rights activists from jail.
Germany and France have written a letter to the Uzbekistan government, urging it to allow a Human Rights Watch (HRW) representative to work in the country.
Germany and France have written a letter to the government of Uzbekistan, urging it to allow a Human Rights Watch (HRW) representative to work in the country.
In its annual survey of journalists in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that almost half of all media workers in jail are bloggers, web reporters, or online editors.
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