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Police in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, have detained a group of alleged members of a banned Islamic movement.
A power blackout has hit the entire territory of Kyrgyzstan and some parts of neighboring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan due to problems on the regional energy grid.
A court in Tashkent has refused to release from house arrest Miraziz Bazarov, a blogger and rights activist arrested who was severely beaten by unknown attackers in March last year.
TASHKENT -- Uzbek police outside the capital have forced dozens of practicing Muslims to shave off their beards, a practice that has been criticized by domestic and international rights organization for years.
A sex video recorded by police that purports to show an outspoken Tashkent female politician has been leaked to social media. The politician says it's an attempt to punish her for criticizing officials -- and people are rallying around her.
Uzbekistan's State Security Service (DXX) and its Interior Ministry have detained a group of alleged members of a banned Islamic group in the Tashkent region.
The Uzbek president has dismissed his advisor on law enforcement, the once influential former chief of the National Security Service, Rustam Inoyatov.
Three Uzbek journalists and a private businesswoman have been sentenced on charges of libel and disobeying the authorities.
Uzbek authorities have restricted access to most social media and instant messaging platforms for violating the Central Asian country’s personal data legislation, a move felt almost immediately by users.
Staff members of RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, known in Uzbekistan as Ozodlik, have received numerous online death threats in recent days as Central Asia's most populous nation gets ready for presidential elections next week.
During a visit to Kabul, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov discussed economic cooperation with the Taliban leadership and said he received "clear assurances" that the militant group will never pose any security threat to Uzbekistan.
During a visit to Kabul, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov discussed economic cooperation with the Taliban leadership and said he received “clear assurances” that the militant group will never pose any security threat to Uzbekistan.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev in Tashkent to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and the situation in Afghanistan.
Dropping the reference to brutality: Aziz Ahmedov, a 40-year-old tax collector, died after he was stopped by police in Uzbekistan's Samarkand region. An Interior Ministry statement attributed his death to a heart attack, but his relatives believe he died as a result of the police officers' actions.
A corporation linked to a relative of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has received tens of millions of dollars from the country's sovereign wealth fund, an investigation by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service has revealed.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has accepted the nomination from the pro-government Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan to be its candidate and seek a second term in office in next month's election.
Two senior Uzbek lawmakers have proposed that President Shavkat Mirziyoev be given the honorary title of "head of the nation." Other authoritarian Central Asian leaders have been bestowed with such titles as part of their personality cults.
Opposition activist and writer Islom Kholboev says Uzbek authorities have arrested one of his sons without giving a reason for his detention.
Usmonkhon Alimov, Uzbekistan's top Islamic cleric, has died of complications caused by COVID-19 in a Moscow hospital.
Uzbek authorities say Muslims in Central Asia's most populous country will be able to gather at mosques for Friday Prayers on August 13 if they have been fully vaccinated or tested negative for COVID-19.
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