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Published in: 50.50: NewsSexual violence laws enable impunity in Eurasia, report finds
Equality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationUzbekistan’s energy crisis reveals authoritarian habits die hard
Presidential chief had energy official arrested without due process in efforts to tackle gas shortage, sources claim
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisA guide to the violent unrest in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region
Uzbekistan has been rocked by its largest protest in nearly two decades. What happened – and who’s to blame?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: 50.50Meet the Uzbek activists using apps to connect gay men to HIV testing and care
The Uzbek government’s liberal reforms leave out its gay community, so activists are finding creative ways to offer...
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Published in: oDRThe strange connections of Tashkent City’s “British investor”
Questions emerge over a Scottish limited partnership linked to a major urban redevelopment project in Uzbekistan,...
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Published in: oDRYou should know where the money’s coming from: a response to the mayor of Tashkent
Last week, I reported on a possible conflict of interest over a mammoth urban development in Uzbekistan. The mayor...
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Published in: oDRUzbekistan Ltd: private-public interests clash in flagship project
As a major property development scheme gets under way in Tashkent, a data trail reveals a potential serious conflict...
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Published in: oDRPhantom foreign investors for an open new Uzbekistan
A high-profile urban development project in Tashkent is designed to showcase the country for western capital. Our...
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Published in: oDRDispossession and urban development in the new Tashkent
A new $1.3 billion development in Uzbekistan’s capital is meant to rebrand this Central Asian state as open for...
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Published in: oDRThe Central Asian valley where borders dissolve in grassroots cooperation
Sandwiched between three Central Asian states, people living on all sides of the Ferghana Valley are overcoming...
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Published in: oDRWhen Russia sneezes, Central Asia catches a cold
Russia’s financial crisis has produced a contagious effect in Central Asia, where cheap oil is exacerbating the poor...
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Published in: openSecurityBehind the rise of the private surveillance industry in Central Asia
Multinational companies–including two listed on the NASDAQ–have been quietly providing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan...
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Published in: oDRUzbekistan prefers regime security over economic integration
Uzbekistan is wary of plans for the economic integration of Eurasia, but why?
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Published in: oDRCentral Asia: succession planning in dictatorships
Kyrgyzstan aside, recent elections in Central Asia would appear to indicate that the regions’ leaders are aiming to...
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Published in: HomeGrey zones and first families: the reality of everyday violence in Central Asia
Central Asia has gained a reputation for sporadic outbreaks of ethnic unrest and Islamist insurgency. But the...
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Published in: oDRForbidden art: an oasis in the desert
A recent documentary, “The Desert of Forbidden Art”, tells of a cultural and social phenomenon hidden in the deserts...
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Published in: openSecurityObama sacks top Afghan war commander, General Stanley McChrystal
Obama sacks top Afghan war commander, General Stanley McChrystal. Southeast European countries denounce Israeli...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity contractors participated in CIA counterinsurgency operations
Employees of the private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, directly participated in CIA...