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ASTANA (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Kazakh government to decriminalize defamation and to stop using libel laws "to harass journalists who are doing their jobs," RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) launched its annual Free the Press campaign on April 2, seeking to raise awareness about Azimjan Askarov, who is imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan, and four other "intrepid" reporters behind bars in other countries, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev has denied plotting to overthrow the government in a high-profile trial that is being seen as a test of President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who has promised to carry out reforms in Uzbekistan, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a new report that journalists and other critics of the government in Uzbekistan remain under pressure from legal restrictions, politically motivated prosecutions, and fear-induced self-censorship, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — A notorious, nearly 130-year-old jail in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent will be replaced by a park, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The death of a schoolteacher who relatives and colleagues say was hit by a truck while cleaning streets in Samarkand ahead of a visit by President Shavkat Mirziyoev has sparked controversy in tightly controlled Uzbekistan, where compelling teachers and medical personnel to do cleaning work is a longstanding practice, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. Continue reading
