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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…
Read MoreEpisode 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 …
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreShavkat 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…
Read MoreOverhaul 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 …
Read MoreDeaths 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 …
Read MorePhotographer 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…
Read MoreUkraine 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 …
Read MoreWall 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…
Read MoreGovernment 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, …
Read MoreLiz 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…
Read MoreDual 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…
Read MoreWomen recruited as brides for terrorist fighters give rare insight into international network that bombed airportIn 2017, a group of senior Arab fighters travelled from Syria to Afghanistan, to cement the links between Islamic State cells in the two ar…
Read MoreJoe Biden has said he will cut air support to Afghan forces and target terrorist groups from regional basesAs the US nears completion of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is supposed to switch to “over-the-horizon” counter-terroris…
Read MoreRapid Taliban advances lead to meeting in Uzbekistan of over a dozen leaders and foreign ministersAfghanistan’s neighbours are stepping up efforts to prevent the country sliding into a full-blown civil war after a rapid Taliban advance that caught the …
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