· February, 2007

Stories about Uzbekistan from February, 2007

Uzbekistan: Perils of Assisting Homosexuals

Registan.net covers the latest crackdown on foreign health NGOs in Uzbekistan, which includes action against an organization running an HIV/AIDS prevention program for not just paperwork problems but also because...

1 March 2007

Uzbekistan: Plight of the Merchants

Registan.net discusses the plight of Uzbekistan's merchants. Despite recent changes that should make trade easier and more profitable, cross-border traders still face numerous difficulties as a result of police harassment...

28 February 2007

Uzbekistan: Mathematical Expression

Claire Wilkinson discusses a report showing that medieval Islamic art shows an understanding of complex geometry that did not find mathematical expression until fairly recently. The researcher first became interested...

24 February 2007

Central Asia & Caucasus: Nonmarket Economies

Registan.net discovers a law proposed in the United States Congress that would slap all of Central Asia and the Caucasus except Kazakhstan with extra tariffs because they would be considered...

14 February 2007

Uzbekistan: Dialogue or Sanctions

Nick discusses a condemnation from the International Crisis Group of expanding European ties with Uzbekistan and wonders why there are different standards for European relations with Uzbekistan than with countries...

9 February 2007

Central Asia: US Aid

Registan.net looks at the Bush administration's proposed budget for the 2008 fiscal year and says it shows the White House is dropping the ball on Central Asia.

7 February 2007

Uzbekistan: Phony NGO

neweurasia looks at the World Bank's implementing partner on a project to promote civil society in Uzbekistan.

2 February 2007

Uzbekistan: Blogs and the Law

Registan.net looks at a change to Uzbekistan's media law that now defines all websites, including blogs, as mass media, subjecting them to registration and content submission requirements. The author expects...

1 February 2007