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Uzbekistan’s highest court ordered a new trial for Hayot Norboev, overturning a lower court’s 7-year prison sentence against the blogger on blackmail and extortion charges.
A court in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Ferghana has ordered local blogger Olimjon Haidarov to pay a hefty fine for his online reporting of the country's energy cuts and shortages.
Tashkent's Ilhom Theater, one of the first independent theaters in the former Soviet Union, has been hit by fire.
An ancient bronze cauldron estimated to be more than 2,000 years old was used for almost 30 years by a household in Uzbekistan to cook food before it was recognized for its cultural value and turned over to a museum.
The trial of 22 people accused of undermining Uzbekistan's constitutional order for taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests earlier this year has opened in the southwestern city of Bukhara.
The Uzbek Senate has approved agreements with Kyrgyzstan on border demarcation and jointly managing the Kempir-Abad water reservoir, an issue that has been a hot-button issue between the two Central Asian nations.
Uzbek blogger Sevinch Sadullaeva, who was sentenced to five days in jail for posting videos showing her in what a court described as an "immoral" way, has been released.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has appointed Akbar Toshqulov, the rector of Tashkent State Judicial University, to the post of justice minister, the presidential press service said on November 16.
Uzbek Justice Minister Ruslanbek Davletov has been appointed to the newly created position of adviser to the president on social and political developments.
Uzbekistan has put up a bill for public discussion that would allow foreigners to obtain Uzbek citizenship if they invest at least $1 million into the country's economy.
Thirty-five more activists arrested in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region in July during rallies against constitutional amendments have been released.
An explosion at the weapons and ammunition depot of a military facility in central Uzbekistan has injured several people and caused material damage.
The mayor of Uzbekistan's southern border city of Termiz has been arrested on embezzlement charges, an official close to the city administration told RFE/RL on condition of anonymity.
The Uzbek Embassy in Kyiv has urged Ukrainian authorities to provide detailed information about two men in Russian uniform detained by Ukrainian armed forces in recent days after introducing themselves as Uzbek citizens.
Uzbekistan's president, Shavkat Mirziyoev, has signed a decree appointing Vladimir Norov as the the Central Asian nation's new foreign minister.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has approved a new leader for the Central Asian nation's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, where 21 people were killed last month during unrest sparked by a move to curtail the region's autonomy.
Uzbekistan and Switzerland have agreed on the return by Swiss authorities of $131 million in assets seized during criminal proceedings against Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of longtime Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
The Uzbek Embassy in Moscow has warned the Central Asian nation's citizens residing in Russia of serious repercussions for joining Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Uzbek authorities have allowed access to social media platforms Twitter, VKontakte, and WeChat more than a year after they were blocked in the Central Asian nation.
Uzbekistan’s president dismissed his chief of staff in what appeared to be fallout from last week’s spasm of violence in northwestern Karakalpakstan, the worst in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.
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