As well as ramping up purchases from Russia to fill its growing demand for energy, Uzbekistan is turning to renewables -- solar energy in particular. But an investigation by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service suggests this billion-dollar plan is mired in inefficiencies and familiar claims of corruption.
Asan Bagyshov has spent more than a month traveling across Central America with his wife and three children, pursuing his dream of a new life. Bagyshov is from Kyrgyzstan and is one of an increasing number of people from Central Asia taking a convoluted and dangerous route to the United States.
The Uzbek government’s plan to turn Bustonliq, an idyllic mountainous area, into a tourist hub doesn't sit well with some local residents who accuse officials of demolishing their summer homes while they are away. Officials say they have a court order to bulldoze the “illegally built” dachas.
An Uzbek blogger says she faced “inhumane and unlawful” treatment in the custody of police who demanded she give false evidence against opposition figures.
The death of a prominent Uzbek journalist in a road accident has sparked widespread suspicions and calls for a transparent probe.
After dismal harvests in 2018, Uzbekistan is consolidating small farms into larger enterprises. But some small farmers worry they are taking the blame for problems beyond their control in an inefficient, tightly controlled state-run sector.
Police in Uzbekistan are keeping secret lists of alleged extremists who may or may not know they're on file, but whose families say the result is harassment and humiliation.
Authorities in the Uzbek city of Andijon are set to demolish an ancient minaret and replace it with a fountain, a move that activists and preservationists call a crime against the country's heritage.
Fully aware of the social stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan, the mother of an HIV-positive girl has decided to keep her daughter's condition a secret.
The Uzbek capital's decaying centralized heating system has left education officials to take desperate measures to keep classrooms warm and safe.
