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TASHKENT (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that after taking “some steps” toward reforming Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has not extended this “reform spirit” to this month’s parliamentary elections, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The government in Uzbekistan plans to toughen punishments for people using the Internet to organize or call for unsanctioned rallies, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported citing a source close to the Uzbek government.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The number of Chinese companies operating in Uzbekistan steadily grows and had reached 1,611 as of December 1, 2019, second only to Russia in the number of foreign entities in the Central Asian country, Xinhua news agency reported with reference to the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen national art of carpet weaving has been included into the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The decision was made at the 14th annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held in Bogota (Colombia) last week.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Zhanatas wind power plant, the largest of its kind in Central Asia, will get loans of 46.7 million U.S. dollars from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Xinhua news agency reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A court in Tajikistan has sentenced a senior Dushanbe police officer and three other officers to time in prison after they were found guilty of torturing a man who was being held for drug charges, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
