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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has criticized regional governors for what he calls a "lack of leadership" and a "failure" to coordinate efforts to support small- and medium-sized businesses in recent years.
Uzbekistan's Erk (Freedom) Party, which was banned in the 1990s and its leader forced out of the country and his associates jailed, says it plans to try to field a candidate for president in the election later this year.
Health authorities in Uzbekistan kicked off a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on April 1 with the first residents of Tashkent and regional capitals getting their shots.
Well-known Uzbek singer Jahongir Otajonov says he was threatened with bodily harm after announcing plans to run for president of the Central Asian nation. Security-camera footage in Otajonov's Istanbul office showed three men warning him that there was a contract out for his beating.
Miraziz Bazarov, an Uzbek rights campaigner and government critic who has defended gay rights, remains hospitalized after three masked men assaulted him on March 28. Uzbekistan's Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that Bazarov had provoked the incident with his online videos.
Uzbekistan's Interior Ministry has blamed Miraziz Bazarov, a well-known rights activist and blogger, for "provoking" an attack that left him in the hospital with severe head and leg injuries.
Miraziz Bazarov, an Uzbek campaigner and blogger known for criticizing the government and defending LGBT rights, was attacked by masked men on March 28, leaving him hospitalized. Earlier the same day, a cultural group led by Bazarov was disrupted by men who beat some of the participants.
Uzbek gay rights campaigner Miraziz Bazarov has been hospitalized after being brutally attacked by unknown men.
Uzbek authorities have arrested a man suspected of setting up a fake Facebook account under the guise of President Shavkat Mirziyoev, through which he allegedly illegally collected money from citizens.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev says a secretive mountain retreat that was allegedly built for him belongs to the state and is used to entertain "high-ranking guests."
An Uzbek official has been sentenced to two years in prison for failing to act when a woman set herself on fire in the Central Asian nation's eastern city of Namangan after being evicted from her home.
A court in Uzbekistan has handed down verdicts and sentences to 22 people in a high-profile case for their roles in disturbances in the country's volatile Sokh exclave within neighboring Kyrgyzstan last year.
Uzbek blogger Otabek Sattoriy has pleaded not guilty to all charges at a preliminary hearing in a high-profile extortion and slander case that sparked harsh criticism of Uzbek authorities by domestic and international human rights groups earlier this year.
A Russian production company that made a documentary glorifying Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015 has been hired to shoot a film about Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev ahead of an October presidential poll.
A day after RFE/RL presented substantial evidence that Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has a secret, luxury residence, Uzbekistan Railways claimed the facility was actually just a recreational center for its staff and released a poorly-produced video purporting to show satisfied vacationers there.
Several sources close to the Uzbek government and the family of President Shavkat Mirziyoev say the president's son-in-law has been severely injured in a traffic accident.
An investigation by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service has revealed substantial evidence that Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has a secret luxury residence, complete with landscaped gardens and an artificial lake.
The eldest daughter of President Shavkat Mirziyoev has become one of the most visible public figures in Uzbekistan. The rising influence of Saida Mirziyoeva has led to inevitable comparisons to the glamorous previous first daughter, Gulnara Karimova, who ended up in prison after falling from grace.
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office has said a criminal case against Otabek Sattoriy, a video blogger critical of the regional government, is "lawful," while rights watchdogs say the case is fabricated and have urged Tashkent to immediately release him.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has signed into law a bill approved by parliament on moving up the presidential election to October.
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