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» The OneWorld Uzbekistan Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Uzbekistan
06/03/2008 Hundreds of thousands of Uzbekistani high school graduates are choosing to work as migrant laborers rather than go to college due to the unemployment and poverty that afflict their rural communities.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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05/19/2008 Mutabar Tojiboyeva has been named this year's recipient of the Martin Ennals Award, an annual commendation given by 13 prominent human rights groups. There is concern that the Uzbek activist could die in prison, where she has been held since protesting the Andijan massacre of 2005.
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From: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Some Uzbeks who fled after the massacre are once again leaving their homes for fear of government repression.
05/13/2008 The Uzbek government continues to persecute people believed to have ties to the 2005 Andijan massacre, when state security forces killed hundreds in an attempt to quell anti-government protests, says a new report from a human rights monitor.
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Image: Some Uzbeks who fled after the massacre are once again leaving their homes for fear of government repression. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
Uzbek children from Andijan.
04/07/2008 Daily life could not be more different in modern Ferghana, westernized by many Russian immigrants, and neighboring Andijan, where all activities stop for prayers and some conservative Muslims have been labeled terrorists by the government.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
Image: Uzbek children from Andijan. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
Uzbek refugees after the 2005 Andijan massacre, believed to be the worst mass killing since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
02/22/2008 The European Union is eager to strengthen its economic partnerships with Central Asian nations, notably Turkmenistan, despite the extremely poor human rights records of countries in this region, writes David Cronin.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Europe] [Kazakhstan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Tajikistan] [Turkmenistan]
Image: Uzbek refugees after the 2005 Andijan massacre, believed to be the worst mass killing since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
Uzbekistan.
02/07/2008 The Uzbek government's recent release of five human rights activists in the days preceding an important EU-Uzbekistan meeting indicates that sustained international pressure on the Central Asian nation is effective, reports an international human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch
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01/15/2008 Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, has placed a ban on all cotton sourced from Uzbekistan for its clothing range, homeware and corporate purchases.

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From: Environmental Justice Foundation
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11/28/2007 Paljastukset lapsityövoiman käytöstä Uzbekistanin puuvillapelloilla on pakottanut tekstiili- ja vaatetusalan yrityksiä selvittämään suhtautumistaan eettisesti kyseenalaisella tavalla tuotettuun raaka-aineeseen. Esimerkiksi Marimekko on keskeyttänyt puuvillaostot, H&M tutkii asiaa.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
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Activists rally to stop violence against women.
11/27/2007 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
From: UNFPA
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Related: [Africa] [Middle East] [India] [Iran ] [Iraq] [Pakistan] [Russian Federation] [Tajikistan]
Image: Activists rally to stop violence against women. © Amnesty International USA
09/17/2007 The unsolved murder of a famous theater director, whose work challenged political and social norms in Uzbekistan, has caused despair among artists and intellectuals.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
09/25/2006 Fourth National Summit of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Summit 2006) held on 25 September at the International Business Centre (Tashkent) opened the ICT Week in Uzbekistan.
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Related: [ICT]
09/13/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - The Bush Administration is objecting to a groundbreaking treaty that set up a nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Kazakhstan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Tajikistan] [Turkmenistan] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear Arms]
09/11/2006 Five Central Asian states committed themselves to never acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, or testing nuclear weapons by signing a treaty Thursday to create a Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone.
From: Arms Control Association
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Related: [Turkmenistan] [Tajikistan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Kazakhstan]
Uzbek children refugees in Kyrgyzstan after Andijan massacre.
07/28/2006 Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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Image: Uzbek children refugees in Kyrgyzstan after Andijan massacre. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
A ship stranded in what was once the Aral Sea.
07/27/2006 As the Aral Sea continues to shrink beyond recognition between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, millions have suffered from the after effects: the resulting toxic dust has contaminated drinking water and air, spreading cancer and tuberculosis throughout the region.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Kazakhstan]
Image: A ship stranded in what was once the Aral Sea. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
In Andijan.
05/12/2006 In May 2005, Uzbek forces suppressed a popular demonstration, killing close to 1,000 civilians. Little has changed for the people of Andijan in the ensuing year.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
05/12/2006 On kulunut jo vuosi siitä kun Uzbekistanin armeija avasi tulen aseettomia mielenosoittajia vastaan Andizhanin kaupungissa. Ketään ei ole asetettu tuomiolle tapahtumasta, jossa sadat ihmiset menettivät henkensä. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Wach perää kansainväliseltä yhteisöltä tiukkoja otteita kriisin selvittämiseksi.
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From: OneWorld UK
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04/28/2006 The training courses on information and communication technologies (ICT) have started in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan.
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Related: [ICT] [Governance]
© Human Rights Watch
03/07/2006 The criminal process that led to an eight-year sentence for Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, an international rights group said today.
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Related: [Human Rights] [Law]
Image: © Human Rights Watch
02/22/2006 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö tyrmistyi 11 uzbekistanilaisen turvapaikanhakijan pakkokäännyttämisestä Ukrainan viranomaisten toimesta. UNHCR vaatii pikaista selvitystä ja lisätietoa käännytettyjen kohtalosta.
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From: Pakolaisneuvonta
Related: [Ukraine] [Refugees]
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