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Tashkent's Ilhom Theater, one of the first independent theaters in the former Soviet Union, has won a reprieve in the battle over its premises after a last-minute interdiction by Saida Mirziyoeva, the Uzbek president’s oldest daughter.
A woman has died in Tehran of a suspected coronavirus infection, an Iranian state newspaper reports.
The younger son-in-law of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has been elected as the head of the newly created Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Central Asian Confederation, which will be headquartered in Tashkent.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hailed the “wonderful, rapidly growing” partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan, which he said “deserves praise for its progress on human rights issues.”
A massive fire has hit the Yangi Angren Thermal Power Station in the Uzbek town of Nurobod in the Tashkent region.
A document obtained by RFE/RL shows Uzbek authorities have significantly broadened their list of banned websites, social-media content, and religious literature that the government deems extremist.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has promised to provide citizenship to individuals who moved to the Central Asian nation prior to 1995 and have resided there since.
An Uzbek blogger who spent weeks in involuntary psychiatric care after extensively covering alleged corruption and abuse among politicians has fled the country.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on January 16 held talks with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov in Tashkent.
Uzbek officials aiming to seize more than $1.5 billion in foreign assets held by Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of the late President Islam Karimov who has been jailed in a Tashkent prison since March 2019, say they have begun searching a mansion she owns in Switzerland.
An Uzbek blogger who was placed under involuntary psychiatric care nearly three months ago after extensively covering alleged corruption and abuse among politicians has been released, according to a family member and local rights activists.
The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) came out the winner from Uzbekistan’s parliamentary elections that Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers said were marred by “serious irregularities” amid changes allowing “greater tolerance of independent voices.”
A landslide caused by heavy rains has claimed the lives of six construction workers in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent.
Uzbekistan plans to toughen punishments for people using the Internet to organize or call for unsanctioned rallies, according to a source close to the Uzbek government.
Uzbek authorities have accused a Swiss defense lawyer who has provided legal counsel to Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of late President Islam Karimov, with ethics violations, and barred him from entering the country.
A severe shortage of natural gas and electricity amid frigid temperatures has sparked rare protests in parts of Uzbekistan.
Uzbeks say the country is experiencing one of its worst energy crises, with cars lining up all night for LPG fuel and homes without gas or power.
A prominent Uzbek human rights activist and outspoken critic of late President Islam Karimov has died in his native city of Jizzakh, a year after he returned to Uzbekistan from France, where he spent more than a decade in exile.
Two Uzbek journalists have resigned citing audio in which a man -- reportedly the mayor of Tashkent -- can be heard warning journalists that he can make them "disappear" or made social pariahs if they don't obey officials.
Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office has started "a study" of an audio recording in which a man with a voice similar to that of Tashkent Mayor Jahongir Ortiqkhojaev threatens to "destroy" journalists and "turn them "into gays."
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