· August, 2006

Stories about Uzbekistan from August, 2006

Central Asia: Borders 2

  23 August 2006

Ben Paarmann has posted part two of his series of posts on the determination of Central Asia's national borders during the Soviet period.

Central Asia: Borders

  17 August 2006

Ben Paarmann begins to examine the reasons for Central Asia's current borders, which are often incorrectly called “arbitrary.”

Uzbekistan: Women Making Ends Meet

  16 August 2006

At neweurasia, Shohruh writes about women struggling to make ends meet in Uzbekistan. In another post on the same blog, Ben Paarmann profiles a blog dealing with women's issues written...

Uzbekistan: Site Closures

  14 August 2006

Registan.net reports on the closure of music and video download sites in Uzbekistan and a human rights activism website that focused on Uzbekistan but was hosted in Russia.

Uzbekistan: Shouting & Swearing

  14 August 2006

Shohruh of neweurasia translates an Uzbek language article on shouting and swearing as a tool of governance and briefly comments on the passivity with which it is accepted.

Uzbekistan: Andijon Refugees in US

  11 August 2006

Registan.net publishes a letter circulating amongst US resettlement workers who are helping resettle refugees from last year's violence in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Andijon. The letter addresses what the anonymous...

Uzbekistan: Renewing US Ties?

  9 August 2006

Registan.net speculates on the possible reasons for today's meeting between Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov and US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher.

Uzbekistan: Gulnora, Pop Star

  8 August 2006

Registan.net reports that the daughter of Uzbekistan's president has launched a pop music career and speculates on how it will impact pop music in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Murder in Samarkand

3 August 2006

Nick of neweurasia reviews Murder in Samarkand, the book by Craig Murray, the outspoken former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Pop & the Press

  2 August 2006

The Long and Winding Road reports on a collision between some of Uzbekistan's biggest stars (with their fans by their sides) and a government-backed reporter.