カテゴリー: Uzbekistan
From its cavernous domed bazaar to its ravishingly muscular museum, the Uzbek capital has one of the world’s wildest collections of modernist gems. Will its bid for world heritage status succeed?A pair of huge turquoise domes swell up on the skyline of…
Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and TurkmenistanThe EU is being urged to put human rights centre stage as it begins its first summit with the leaders of central Asia.The presiden…
British Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaarsA monumental six-metre-long wall painting created in the 7th century, and 8th-century ivory figures carved for one of the world’s oldest surviving…
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is illegal, say NGOsPeople smugglers are increasingly recruiting people from former Soviet republics in central Asia to pilot boats carrying mig…
Episode reported by CNN required emergency memo to senior officials and suggests agency does not know migrants’ locationFederal agents are reportedly trailing a group of more than a dozen Uzbek nationals who entered the US as asylum seekers aided by a …
Two brave women stand up for human rights as hordes of Uzbeks are dragged from their workplaces to pick state cotton, in this compelling documentary exposing farming practices only just outlawedAs a child growing up in Uzbekistan, film-maker Michael Bo…
Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be able to remain in power until 2040 after Uzbeks backed changes in tightly controlled pollVoters in Uzbekistan have overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that will allow the president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to remain in…
Overhaul of constitution would include allowing Shavkat Mirziyoyev to stay in power Polls have closed across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to …
Deaths in the Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan due to kidney injury associated with contaminated medicines, the WHO saidThe World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after …
Photographer Olgaç Bozalp talks through a selection of images from his project Leaving One for Another, published by Void. Combining documentary style with constructed imagery he explores the journeys and disparate causes of migration, drawing on his o…
Ukraine setback weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in UzbekistanMajor setbacks for Moscow’s forces in Ukraine will further test the “limitless partnership” between China and Russia when their leaders meet this …
Wall Street Journal suggests Russian and Chinese leaders could hold discussions in Uzbek cityXi Jinping could meet Vladimir Putin in mid-September at a regional summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, it has been reported.According to the Wall Street Jo…
Government U-turns over plans to curtail autonomy of Karakalpakstan but fears rise tensions may escalateEighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan over plans to curtail its autonomy, …
Liz Truss announces moves against Everton-linked Alisher Usmanov and Igor ShuvalovWho is Alisher Usmanov?Russia-Ukraine crisis: live newsThe UK has sanctioned two new billionaire allies of Vladimir Putin, amid growing pressure to speed up the crackdown…
Dual US and Russian national Gene Bunin has documented the plight of Muslim minorities in China’s western regionsA prominent campaigner who has documented the plight of Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region says he has barred from entering neigh…