March 2006

Ferghana.Ru covers the harassment of Natalia Bushuyeva, a Deutsche Welle correspondent in Tashkent. Read the whole thing to see what has been done to her. The story has this to say about harassment of correspondents for foreign news outlets. Uzbek secret services have been compromising correspondents of foreign media outlets and putting them under psychological [...]

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A Selection from Prezidentga Maktublar

by Nathan Hamm

My Uzbek professor recently came back from Tashkent, and brought back a copy of Prezidentga Maktublar, a collection of letters written to President Karimov. I thought this migh be interesting for those who may not get a chance to see primary source Uzbek propaganda. I’ll first transcribe the letter I have in Uzbek and then [...]

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Brookings Unveils UN’s Central Asia Human Development Report

by Laurence

[neweurasia also has a report on this conference.--Nathan] An all-day UNDP-Brookings conference on March 27th drew attention to the release of the latest UNDP development report on Central Asia, a 248-page, four-color, lavishly illustrated volume printed on heavy stock. This year’s title is: “Bringing Down Barriers: Regional cooperation for human development and human security.” Project [...]

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The Sweet Sounds of Central Asian Pop

by Nathan Hamm

Uyghur pop! Enjoy! (via Younghusband and AsiaPundit from this new-to-me East Turkestan based blog) I found some more videos on YouTube. You can find them after the jump.

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The Korea Visit

by Nathan Hamm

Someone doesn’t look too thrilled there. A little moreso here The Uzbek National News Agency has a list of the documents signed during Karimov’s visit to South Korea. There are heaps of academic cooperation agreements and agreements on cooperation between Korean and Uzbek government ministries. There’s also a strategic partnership agreement, but few details about [...]

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New Media Bills in Uzbek Parliament

by Nathan Hamm

Yesterday, the Uzbek parliament debated yet more media bills. Utkir Djuraev, deputy chief of Uzbekistan’s Press and Information Agency, denied reports that the debate centered on ways of suppressing the media. Representatives of nongovernmental organizations, lawyers, and the media have been involved in the discussions, he says. Djuraev’s denial backed up by saying that lawyers [...]

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