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TOLOnews
December 2, 2017
“We Call upon SCO member states to use their leverage and contacts with armed Afghan militant groups to urge they enter into intra-Afghan talks,” Abdullah said. He called for ... These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996 in Shanghai.
Al-Monitor
December 1, 2017
After the group suffered heavy losses in clashes with the Islamic State, Slavonic Corps reduced its operations in Syria. Company Wagner ... Salafi jihadism. In 1998, Namangani founded the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and declared jihad against the Uzbek government to establish Sharia there.
EurasiaNet
December 1, 2017
A prominent imam in Uzbekistan has caused a stink by taking to social media to propose restoring the death penalty for supporters of the Islamic State militant group and the banned Islamist political party Hizb ut-Tahrir. “We should reserve punishments for them like the ones they have in Islamic states,” ...
Aljazeera.com
November 29, 2017
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Sayfullo Saipov, a national of Uzbekistan accused of killing eight people in Lower Manhattan on October 31, was supposed to be a ... Uzbek authorities cracked down on Muslim groups operating outside government control, and jailed thousands of alleged "radicals" that were mostly ...
The Diplomat
November 22, 2017
Previous Uzbek President Islam Karimov last traveled to South Korea in 2015, his first trip after being “re-elected.” As Samuel Ramani wrote at the time, South Korea and Uzbekistan's close relationship can be explained by two primary factors: shared economic interests and “significant normative and ...
The Conversation UK
November 6, 2017
Maybe it's specific histories of conflict between certain groups and the government in Tashkent? ... novel where he linked the emergence of international Uzbek jihadist networks to the battle between two very violent political institutions: the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the government of Uzbekistan.
OZY
November 4, 2017
Suspects with Uzbek roots have committed recent terror attacks in Stockholm, Istanbul and now New York, where Sayfullo Saipov allegedly killed eight people ... That may be linked to Uzbekistan's treatment of its Muslim population: Muslim schools are government-controlled, Islamist political parties are ...
Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2017
The suspect in this week's deadly truck attack in New York, Sayfullo Saipov, came to the United States from Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, apparently ... Authorities say Islamic State is among several extremist groups that attract people with roots in a number of countries.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
November 2, 2017
Tashkent was quick to react after an Uzbek immigrant was accused of killing eight people in a truck attack in New York earlier this week. ... who ruled the country with an iron fist for more than two decades until his death last year, outlawed Islamist political parties and hunted down religious activists.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 21, 2017
The ECHR order was issued after rights groups said they feared Feruz ... He left Russia for Uzbekistan at the age of 17 to live with his Uzbek ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 21, 2017
Uzbekistan ... Uzbek authorities have released an opposition activist who has ... in prison on charges that his supporters say were politically motivated. ... A U.S.-based human rights advocacy group, Freedom House, said in ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 21, 2017
Uzbekistan Frees A Few Activists, But Critics Need More Convincing To Get ... and watchdog groups as political prisoners who have been freed from Uzbek jails in ... Rights groups and experts have welcomed the tentative steps but are ... whose group cites 10 significant prisoner releases under Miriziyoev.
EurasiaNet
October 20, 2017
An international conference on media freedoms in Uzbekistan that was supposed to ... from the region to discuss pressing technical and political aspects of the industry. ... and also as a correspondent for RFE/RL's Uzbek service. ... After the bloodshed in Andijan in 2005, the majority of journalists who had ...
EurasiaNet
October 6, 2017
A journalist detained in Uzbekistan last week has reportedly been charged ... A group of police officers and SNB agents searched Abdullayev's home ... Paris-based rights activist Nadezhda Atayeva told RFE/RL's Uzbek service, ... Solih, a poet and leader of the Erk political party, who fled the country after ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 5, 2017
Rights Group Says Political Will Needed To End Forced Labor In Uzbekistan ... Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Uzbekistan's government has recalled ... director of the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) was quoted ... Rights Groups Link World Bank Funds To Forced Labor In Uzbekistan ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 3, 2017
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Exiled Uzbek opposition leader Muhammad Solih ... The leader of the opposition Uzbekistan's People's Movement, Solih told ... 3 that Abdullaev had written articles for his political group's website in the ... Analysis: Georgian Ruling Party Accused Of Planning To Rig Municipal Elections.
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
But fewer than 50 individuals have been convicted so far, and now human rights groups in Turkey say the sweeping arrests are putting migrants at risk of ... Bipolotov, who like her husband is from Uzbekistan, was at home with her three children in her neighborhood of Pendik, getting ready for dinner, when ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
A prominent Uzbek human rights advocate, Ganihon Mamathonov, has been ... "Getting amazing news from Uzbekistan," Swerdlow wrote, adding that ... HRW said in mid-August that five political prisoners had been freed since ... Another U.S.-based human rights advocacy group, Freedom House, said in ...
The Sun Daily
December 31, 1999
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan has released a human rights activist who ... International rights groups monitoring the release of political prisoners in ... after cooperation between the government and the group broke down.
EurasiaNet
December 31, 1999
Authorities in Uzbekistan have released a third jailed human rights activist in the space of a few weeks, seemingly signaling a new direction for political liberalization. ... of the Uzbek German Human Rights Forum, told EurasiaNet.org. ... rights activist was made possible through the efforts of rights groups.
Agenda.ge
September 21, 2017
Georgian Prime Minister and Uzbek President meet at the 72nd session of UNGA. ... The parties also discussed the future prospective of launching direct ... Filip, the Georgian PM discussed political and economic cooperationÃÂ ...
STRATFOR
September 20, 2017
However, groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is ... like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan prefer more non-aligned politics.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
September 20, 2017
In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has pledged to focus his government onÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
September 10, 2017
Turkish businessmen in Uzbekistan have repeatedly been stung over ... a poet and leader of the Erk political party, who stood against KarimovÃÂ ...
Newsweek
September 7, 2017
Political Psychiatric Abuse Returns to Russia and Ex-Soviet States, Critics Say ... From Crimea to Uzbekistan, human rights groups say dissidents are being ... Halya Coynash, a member of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group.
Daily Sabah
September 7, 2017
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has implemented reforms to ... and dictatorial policies and for his intolerance for the political opposition, having cracked down on civil and human rights' groups as well as independent media outlets. ... Kukanov of the Erk Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, was released inÃÂ ...
Quartz
September 5, 2017
Among them is 106-year-old Bibikhal Uzbek, a blind, disabled ... rights groups, which argue the EU is failing to acknowledge that political tensions in ... On the same day, a group of rejected Afghan asylum seekers deportedÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
September 5, 2017
A delegation with New York-based advocacy group Human Rights ... “The key is for the Uzbek government to transform the modest steps it hasÃÂ ...
Business Insider
September 2, 2017
Western countries and rights groups have long criticized Tashkent's ... the blacklist indiscriminately to stifle political and religious dissent in theÃÂ ...
Winona Daily News
August 22, 2017
According to publisher Hatchett Book Group, the memoir is “about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring politicalÃÂ ...
Eurasia Times
August 16, 2017
Activists say Uzbekistan's blacklist has been used indiscriminately to stifle political and religious dissent in the rigidly secular, ex-Soviet state. ... the need to rehabilitate those who have been “misled” by radical Islamic groups.
Business Insider
August 15, 2017
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbek authorities are removing large numbers of people from its blacklist of potential militants and political dissidents,ÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
August 15, 2017
But the reality of national politics also plays a role. ... American actor Robert De Niro ("posing as an Uzbek homeopath"). ... Ziauddin has been associated with the Awami National Party, a leftist and secular political party in aÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
August 15, 2017
Erkin Musaev was a former Uzbek government official and UN staffer who ... UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to then-President Karimov said that one ... of several international treaties to which Uzbekistan is a party.
Socialist Party
August 10, 2017
Socialist Party members joined an excellent Leeds Pride on 5 August. ... was headed by local campaigners who cut in with a 'Pride is political' banner. ... asylum in Russia, after fleeing persecution and violence in Uzbekistan.
Daily Sabah
August 10, 2017
President Erdoğan (L) and Uzbek President Mirziyoyev shake hands ... the IRCICA is a member of the Group of Friends of the UNAOC and has ... respect for sociocultural diversity and tolerance of other groups needs to be seen ... educational institutions, mass media and concerned parties from the MuslimÃÂ ...
ABC News
August 9, 2017
Human rights groups have warned that Nurmatov would likely face ... Thousands of people are held as political prisoners in Uzbekistan,ÃÂ ...
Trend News Agency
August 8, 2017
The discussions were held at the parties' recent meeting, the Uzbek ... for the development of cooperation in the political, trade, economic,ÃÂ ...
ABC News
August 8, 2017
Uzbekistan is ranked by rights groups as one of the world's most repressive ... Uzbekistan currently holds thousands of political prisoners,ÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
August 5, 2017
Uzbek political leaders have a long history of announcing plans for ... Access to the official government rate enables certain privileged parties toÃÂ ...
Political Analysis South Africa
August 3, 2017
Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply ... Campaigns by a number of groups against forced and child labour in Uzbekistan's cotton sector ... two parties, the World Bank increased its investments in Uzbekistan's ... It also committed to establish third party monitoring of labourÃÂ ...
Political Analysis South Africa
August 2, 2017
Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply ... Campaigns by a number of groups against forced and child labour in Uzbekistan's cotton sector ... two parties, the World Bank increased its investments in Uzbekistan's ... It also committed to establish third party monitoring of labourÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
August 1, 2017
KABUL (Reuters) - Two influential Afghan politicians urged President Ashraf ... A powerful ethnic Uzbek leader with decades of experience in ... The meeting was widely seen as a possible prelude to the formation of a formal opposition group. .... The groups on Thursday announced they would not holdÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
July 18, 2017
It is widely believed that Ghani put the former Uzbek militia leader on his ... Ischi, a former political ally from Dostum's Junbesh-i Milli-Yi Islami party. ... of grave human rights violations, formed a new political opposition group inÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
July 16, 2017
While the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, or UzLiDeP, which traditionally ... Party were tailor-made to nominally represent specific demographic groups. ... Is this fact not a clear judgment on the activity of political parties?
Trend News Agency
July 14, 2017
The Uzbek parliament must become a school of real democracy, the Uzbekistan ... The president said that the representatives of political parties, MPs and ... The People's Democratic Party, which acts as a defender of theÃÂ ...
Global Voices Online
December 31, 1999
One Year On: Uzbekistan's Unhappy Ex-Ruling Family ... In Islam Karimov's Uzbekistan, families regularly told the pro-government polling company .... After Mao's passing, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed his rule, butÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that a former UN employee and government official has been released in Uzbekistan after being unjustlyÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
December 31, 1999
Uzbek monetary authorities recently announced an intention to make the ... Uzbek political leaders have a long history of announcing plans for ... Access to the official government rate enables certain privileged parties to reapÃÂ ...
Vox
December 31, 1999
Citizens of democratic countries tend to divide the political world into two big ... from Singapore's secular one-party state as it is from the United States. ... to staff the government with loyal operatives, and to literally buy off groups that ... but consolidated power and ran the Uzbek government as a fiefdom: hisÃÂ ...
