Uzbek border guards are expected to begin withdrawing from disputed territory in Kyrgyzstan's southern province of Jalal-Abad on October 1.
Kyrgyz and Uzbek officials have discussed the tense situation around a disputed segment of border in Kyrgyzstan's southern province of Osh.
Some 200 citizens of Kyrgyzstan's southern Aqsy district have protested the appearance of Uzbek border guards on disputed territory.
Lola Karimova-Tillaeva, the youngest daughter of Uzbekistan's president, has given an interview to the BBC in which she says she has not been in contact with her sister for some 12 years.
Prominent Uzbek human rights activist Bobomurod Razzoqov is known for his efforts to raise awareness of the use of children for cotton harvesting in his native Bukhara region in Uzbekistan’s southwest.
The Europe-based Human Rights for Central Asia Association says an Uzbek journalist missing since September 21 has been sentenced to 12 days in jail.
An independent journalist known for his critical reporting on Uzbekistan's use of forced labor during the annual cotton harvest has gone missing in western Uzbekistan.
A 6-year-old boy has died during cotton picking in Uzbekistan's southwestern province of Bukhara.
Amid international pressure, Uzbekistan has granted access to international monitoring teams to observe the cotton harvest. But with the observer mission due in Uzbekistan within days, concerns are arising that they might not get the whole truth.
A student at a teacher-training university in southern Uzbekistan has been accused of stabbing four fellow students, killing one and injuring the other three.
It's that time of year again, when the harvest rolls around and authoritarian governments in Central Asia force adults and children to pick cotton despite an international outcry.
Interest in Chinese language and culture is booming in Uzbekistan, where students see a world of opportunity in the strengthening of traditional ties between Beijing and Tashkent. RFE/RL correspondents Farangis Najibullah and Khurmat Babajanov report.
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