Topic: Tashkent

Clinton pushes rights in ex-Soviet Central Asia

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Uzbek President Islam Karimov on human rights and thanked him for supporting US troops in Afghanistan, during a visit to the strategically-located ex-Soviet state.US ties with Uzbekistan have for years been a delicate balancing act ...

GENDER AND SOURCES OF RELIGIOUS INFORMATION IN UZBEKISTAN

Following independence in 1991, scholars have noted resurgence in religious expression and mechanisms for religious learning in Uzbekistan. Findings indicate that, while there is some commonality in channels of religious knowledge, the most important sources of religious knowledge and often the content ...
Three Protestant Christians have each been sentenced to 15 days in prison in the Andijan region of eastern Uzbekistan after police raided a meal in a home where the three were present.. Officials told church members that they need special permission for ...