· July, 2007

Stories about Uzbekistan from July, 2007

Uzbekistan: Digital boom?

Jamiyat translates an article which gives the impression that the use of internet and mobile telecommunication is growing rapidly in Uzbekistan.

31 July 2007

Central Asia: Expert interview

James of neweurasia interviews Central Asia specialist Dr. Eric McGlinchey – the topics of the long conversation include radical Islam, Russian influence, the regime in Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan's development.

31 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Domestic violence, a prison for Uzbek Paris Hiltons and “Iran, go home!”

This week on Uzbekstani blogs: The difficult role of women in society and domestic violence stand in stark contrast to the flamboyant life of the president's daughter. Also, a young Uzbek football player displays a "Iran Go Home" poster before a match, Uzbek civil society is under threat, and a special prison is being built for delinquent civil servants.

27 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Social capital

Rowan Wagner sheds some light on the Uzbek “gap” – a (usually) gender-based group of people that meets up regularly to share experience, practical tips, and gossip.

26 July 2007

Uzbekistan: HRW shut?

UzNGO says that by refusing to give accreditation to the next country director, the Uzbek authorities have effectively shut down Human Rights Watch.

23 July 2007

Central Asia: Evil ranking

BordersCA, a blog on borders in Central Asia, is reporting that Turkmenistan is slowly loosing its “Evil-Number-One” status to Uzbekistan. A sign of this are the small, yet continuous changes...

16 July 2007

Central Asia: Clash of opinion

Josh Foust engages in an extremely interesting discussion with an Uzbek journalist (working for a Russian news agency) about Western promotion of democracy in Central Asia.

14 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Cotton boycott

As the Uzbek cotton sector is often brought in connection with gross human rights violations, Craig Murray finds the first major retailer's boycott of Uzbekistan's cotton products commendable.

14 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Special prison

Jamiyat writes that the Uzbek government has built a new prison especially designed for “delinquent” civil servants. They are not thrown into the dire facilities where normal inmates serve their...

12 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Academic Exiles

On Registan.net, Kayumars Turkistan ponders the implications of Uzbekistan's isolation for the academic exchange with the country and finds that international researchers rather locate in the countries bordering Uzbekistan. Readers...

9 July 2007

Uzbekistan: A Story of Two Old Men

Beyond the River presents an excerpt from an unpublished novella by the acclaimed Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov called A Story of Two Old Men (Part 1 – 2 – 3...

9 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Power parallels

On neweurasia, Ali Said evaluates Uzbek president Karimov's options once the next presidential elections will have taken place in December.

6 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Law and order

Rowan Wagner reports that, strangely, Tashkent's taxi drivers have suddenly become law-abiding traffic participants. Is the police finally doing its job?

6 July 2007

Uzbekistan: Youth celebrations

Afisha posts a report along with pictures about recent youth celebrations outside Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital. About 130 of the most active young folks from all corners of the country invaded...

5 July 2007