Uzbekistan

Re-Learning the Lesson of the United States

William Pierce | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Uzbekistan, Key West, Immigration, Uzbeks, US History, Cuba, US Cuba Relations, US Cuba Policy, Politics News

As we slowly move forward in addressing immigration policy, we must remember our stories because to do otherwise is to deny the lesson of America.

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No Love For Uzbekistan: Government Nixes Valentine's Day Shows

AP | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Valentines, Holidays, Video, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Valentine's Day, Uzbekistan, Valentine's Day 2012, Uzbekistan Government, Love, Weird News News

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Authorities in Uzbekistan are, apparently, unwilling to give love a chance. The Russian news agency RIA-Novosti cited several l...

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Uzbekistan: Detainees Tortured, Lawyers Silenced

Human Rights Watch | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Uzbekistan, Torture, World News

(Berlin) – Uzbekistan has not kept its promises to stop torture in its criminal justice system, including electric shocks and asphyxiation, Huma...

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Uzbekistan's Deepening Human Rights Crisis

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Uzbekistan Rights, Human Rights Watch, Uzbekistan, Nato, Uzbekistan Human Rights, Uzbekistan Human Rights Crisis, World News

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has failed to provide its citizens with basic legal rights despite some reforms in recent years, an internationa...

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President Cain Gets the 3 A.M. Phone Call

Dorian de Wind | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: National Security Adviser, Herman Cain 2012, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, John Bolton, Satire, Sharon Bialek, Comedy News

It's February 13, 2013. It is 3 A.M. The phone rings in the President's bedroom -- it has an urgent sound.

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Obama Administration Seeks to Resume Military Aid to Uzbekistan Dictator

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Islam Karimov, Arms Trade, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Barack Obama, World News

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, in a move initiated by the Obama administration, has voted to waive Bush-era human rights restrictions on military aid to the Islam Karimov dictatorship in Uzbekistan, one of the most brutal and repressive regimes on the planet.

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After Brushing It Off, Herman Cain Needed To Brush Up On Key Subject

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Herman Cain Guantanamo, Herman Cain Foreign Policy, Jd Gordon, Video, Herman Cain 2012, 2012 Elections, Uzbekistan, Herman Cain Uzbekistan, Herman Cain, Gop Primary 2012, Elections 2012, Herman Cain Jd Gordon, Foreign Policy, GOP Candidates, Politics News

Herman Cain's campaign came up with a list of foreign leaders for him to memorize after he said didn't need to know the president of Uzbekistan by nam...

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Hillary Clinton Takes Swipe At Herman Cain's Foreign Policy Knowledge

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Video, Cain Gaffe, Uzbekistan, President Hamid Karzai, Herman Cain, Elections 2012, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a swipe in a Sunday interview at the proclaimed foreign policy ignorance of one of the leading contenders for ...

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Clinton, Karzai Share A Laugh About Herman Cain

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2011

KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shared some laughs Thursday over GOP presidenti...

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As Central Asia Fragments, Could English Be the Answer?

Cleo Paskal | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: India, Natural Resources, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, English, Military Bases, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, US, Anglosphere, Kazakhstan, World News

On Christmas Day, 1991, five new countries were born. This year Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan turn 20. A lot has changed.

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Some Straight Talk for a Washington Visitor

Steve Swerdlow | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Uzbekistan, World News

A high-level Uzbek official is in Washington this week for talks about ramping up cooperation on supply routes through Central Asia for US troops in Afghanistan. Has the US learned that there is a cost for playing footsie with repressive regimes?

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Uzbek Government Reportedly Blocks Internet Access To Major Western Sites

AP | By PETER LEONARD | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Uzbekistan Freedom of Speech, Uzbekistan Press, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan Freedom of Press, Uzbekistan Internet, Uzbekistan Internet Restrictions, World News

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Authorities in Uzbekistan have blocked dozens of Internet sites in an apparent attempt to further stem the flow of information i...

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Reports: Uzbekistan Earthquake Kills 13

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Islam Karimov, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan, Ferghana, Uzbekistan Earthquake, Ferghana Valley, World News

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A powerful earthquake killed at least 14 people in a heavily populated valley in Central Asia early Wednesday, emergency of...

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Kyrgyzstan Hit By Magnitude-6.2 Earthquake

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Southern Kyrgyzstan Earthquake, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Southern Kyrgyzstan, World News

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 struck a mountainous location in southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan ear...

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What of Persian and the Lingua Franca of the New Century?

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 09.06.2011

What of the sway of Persian, or for that matter, any other language in today's world? It is language capable of 'selling' to an increasingly aware world-population that will be triumphant in the 21st century.

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Impossible, Implausible Story of "The Desert of Forbidden Art"

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Moscow, Avant-Garde Art, Russian Roulette, Uzbekistan, Stalin, Igor Savitsky, Soviet Union, Arts News

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Art and Architecture of the Silk Road

Scott S. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamic Art, Art, Unesco World Heritage, Silk Road, Architecture, Bestway Tours & Safaris, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Exotic Destinations, Tamarlane, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Travel News

Uzbekistan was the center of the 7000-mile-long Silk Road -- where goods were exchanged between the east and west -- causing the area to flourish for centuries.

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How Far We Go For Fashion

Julie Vacca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie Vacca, Art Week.UZ, Uzbekistan, Fashion Forum, Vacca, Designers, Style News

Fashion reflects everything that is going on: the art direction, architecture movement, cinematography, music culture or the state of the economy.

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PHOTOS: Most Corrupt Nations, Revealed

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Transparency International, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, 2010 Corruption Perception Index, Slidepollajax, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Corruption Perception Index, Denmark, World News

Transparency international released their 2010 Corruption Perception Index, which compiles data on public sector corruption and its perceptions around...

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Locked in a Tinderbox

Gerry Simpson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uzbekistan, Refugees, Uzbek, Kyrgyzstan, Torture, World News

Torture and arbitrary detention are longstanding problems in Kyrgyzstan, but the massive targeting of ethnic Uzbeks for unlawful arrest and mistreatment amid ethnic insults and threats is new.

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A New Partnership for Religious Freedom

Leonard A. Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Germany, Religious Tolerance, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, United Nations, World News

Hopefully, the United States and Germany will recognize that religious freedom abuses are the "canary in the coal mine" for other human rights violations and take action.

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From the American People? Prison and No Backup From the U.S. Government for Work on AIDS

Richard Elovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uzbekistan, United Nations, Maksim Popov, Usaid, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, International AIDS Conference 2010, International AIDS Conference, World News

When the US, the UK, or the Global Fund support NGOs to take on AIDS education, the contracts should be two-way agreements; you do the HIV prevention, and we watch your back and help protect you from those who might be angered.

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Satellite Images Reveal Massive Destruction in Kyrgyzstan

Amnesty International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amnesty International, Human Rights, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, United Nations, Refugees, World News

Satellite images show the dramatic impact of the recent violent events on the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan.

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UN: Up To One Million People Need Aid In Kyrgyzstan

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kyrgyzstan Violence, Kyrgyzstan, Un, United Nations, Roza Otunbayeva, Rosa Otunbayeva, Unicef, Uzbekistan, World News

VLKSM, Kyrgyzstan — Ethnic Uzbeks sheltering in squalid tent camps say they don't have enough food or clean water but are terrified of going bac...

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Uzbeks: Kyrgyzstan Killings Are 'Attempted Genocide'

The Guardian | Luke Harding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genocide, Kyrgyzstan Pogroms @Y:World, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan Violence, Ethnic Cleansing, Uzbeks, World News

Few believe the riots could have taken place without the local administration's connivance. But it is clear that other grievances are at play. Ethnic ...

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