Nonviolent Solidarity Movement of Uzbekistan
The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) have signed a joint declaration on recent developments in the Caucasus at a meeting in Moscow on Friday. The group also expressed its support of Russia’s reaction to Georgian aggression against South Ossetia. The issue has also been at the forefront of EU foreign ministers’ talks […]
Popular support for democracy is as strong around the globe as it has ever been. But those who invest their hopes and political commitment in democracy do not aim just at free and fair elections: they aspire to a more dignified and more rewarding life. The major challenge for democracy today is to deliver on […]
Uzbekistan’s high position in a new list of so-called failed states can be attributed to a lack of democracy and the slow pace of economic development, say local observers. In late July, the influential American magazine Foreign Policy, and the research centre The Fund for Peace published their annual rating of failed states for 2008.
Uzbekistan […]
The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2008, will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. The two major parties‘ candidates have not been officially chosen, but their presumptive nominees are John […]
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received US Ambassador to Tashkent Richard Norland at Oqsaroy residence on 22 July.
Welcoming the US diplomat, President Karimov said the meeting was a good opportunity to exchange views on the issues of mutual interest.
Working in Uzbekistan since November 2007, you have been able to closely familiarize yourself with the life […]
The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held its 14th plenary session on 27-28 June in Tashkent. The members of the parliament’s upper chamber considered a package of laws adopted by the Legislative Chamber, as well as other issues.
The senators approved the Law on Uzbekistan’s accession to the UN Convention against corruption (New York, […]
Dear America,
I am 10 years old but I know that there are bad people who are hurting, beating, trying to kill, and putting my daddy in jail. When I miss my daddy so much, I start to cry, and my mom tells me not to worry, he will be back and that everything will […]
May 13, 2008
On this third anniversary of the tragic events at Andijon, the United States extends its sympathies to the people of Uzbekistan. There is still much to learn about this tragedy, but we believe the best way to ensure that these tragic events are never repeated is through ongoing dialogue, accountability and […]
On 11 April 2008, in Tashkent City (Capital of Uzbekistan) was the action of vandalism.
The Monument which dedicated to legendary Shamahmudov’s family, symbolizing of international friendship, humanity and solidarity was wiped down.
The sculptural composition was established in 1982, it represented family Shamuhmudov’s Among orphans who took on their abode and education. Shoahmad Shamahmudov and his wife […]
On April 10, 2008 the Birdamlik Movement’s heads and activists met in Fergana for important discussions and reports of the movement acts in Fergana Valley.
There were discussed human rights, economic and political issues and made opinions and offers by activists and other members of the movement.
At this meeting participated head of the movement in Uzbekistan Dilorom Isaqova. She […]
9-April, 2008 the Birdamlik Movement meeting took place in the city of Namangan.The meeting within the limits of which the wide spectrum of questions was discussed took place. The Birdamlik Movement head in Uzbekistan Dilorom Isaqova took part and had a speech in discussion. She also offered the ways of strengthening of the Birdamlik Movement […]
Residents of border areas are facing hard choice between citizenship switch and eviction from their homes for many years.By IWPR staff in Tajikistan (RCA No. 540, 07-Apr-08)
Uzbek residents of a pocket of northern Tajikistan complain they are being told either to change citizenship or leave the country.
The map of the area they […]
Inter Press Service (IPS) correspondent interview with leader of the Birdamlik Movement.
MOSCOW, Apr 2 (IPS) - The Birdamlik Harakati (Solidarity Movement) is the strongest Uzbek opposition group that aims to unite all democratic Uzbek opposition parties. The Birlik (Unity) and Ozod Dehqon (Free Farmers) opposition parties support the Birdamlik Movement, transforming it into a formidable force over […]
Yusuf, Bobur and Mashrab Juma were arrested in the Tashkent region in mid-December 2007 and are all detained in the Otbozor Prison in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. Yusuf and Bobur Juma’s lawyer, Ruhiddin Kamilov, has been threatened by the prison governor. Yusuf, Bobur and Mashrab Juma have reportedly been subject to physical abuse, in the […]
This ancient Silk Road city was once the capital of the Tamerlane Empire, named after a conqueror whose 14th Century Central Asian realm extended from modern-day Iraq to China.
But for modern-day Uzbekistan, the significance of Samarkand goes beyond the legacy of Tamerlane and the great Mongolian leader, Genghis Khan, who destroyed the city in 1220.
The patience of people is running out, just like it ran out in Andijan
Professor Jamal Mirsaidov,
University of Samarkand
Across the street from one of the mosques stands a newly renovated school.
Next to it is a museum dedicated to an orphan from Samarkand, who quickly climbed the Communist Party ladder and became Uzbekistan’s first Soviet leader and later its president.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Islam Karimov promised the country’s people that they would soon be living prosperous lives.
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