The tyranny you haven't heard of Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post 30 November 2014   You could call it a stealth North Korea: a country in the same league of repression and isolation as the Hermit Kingdom, but with far less attention paid to its crimes. The country is Uzbekistan, one of the Central Asian nations that emerged out of the wreckage of the Soviet Union in 1991. It has brought some unique touches to the conduct of a dictatorship. When

Uzbekistan 'unspeakable abuse' of political prisoners BBC 25 September 2014 A new report says that activists, journalists and government critics are locked up for years and often have their sentences extended arbitrarily. The Uzbek authorities say there are no political prisoners in the country and that torture is being eliminated. The report looks at the cases of 34 current and 10 former prisoners. "We have concluded that at least 29 out of these

Genocide and Politicide Watch: Uzbekistan By Genocide Watch 6 March 2012, updated 26 April 2012 [caption id="attachment_5610" align="alignright" width="216"] (C) BBC[/caption]   Uzbekistan gained its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on August 31, 1991. President Karimov has been in power ever since. A new constitution was adopted, establishing a separation of powers between the executive, the legislature and the

Country Profile: Uzbekistan By Genocide Watch 6 March 2012, updated 26 April 2012 [caption id="attachment_5628" align="alignright" width="230"] (C) BBC[/caption] Uzbekistan gained its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on August 31, 1991. President Karimov has been in power ever since. A new constitution was adopted, establishing a separation of powers between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. In reality,

Uzbekistan ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ No Former Soviet State a Safe Place for Uzbek Refugees by Murat Sadykov, Eurasianet 24 April 2013 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="270"] On May 13, 2005, military forces loyal to Uzbek President Islam Karimov opened fire on protestors in the eastern city of Andijan, with estimates of dead ranging from more than

26 April 2012 "Updated country profile of Uzbekistan," by Genocide Watch 20 April 2012 "Uzbekistan carrying out forced sterilizations, say women," by Natalia Antelava, The Guardian 6 March 2012 "Country profile of Uzbekistan," by Genocide Watch 12 February 2012 "Looking in the other direction," by The Guardian 13 December 2011 "Uzbekistan torture ignored by the West, say human rights group," by Reuters, The Guardian 02 July 2011 "Reformation in Uzbekistan