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Published in: oDRThe Central Asian valley where borders dissolve in grassroots cooperationSandwiched between three Central Asian states, people living on all sides of the Ferghana Valley are overcoming...
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Published in: oDRThe democratic future of Uzbekistan doesn’t depend on the politicians, but whether workers can mobiliseUzbekistan’s transition to a market economy will require further worker suppression. But signs of worker...
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Published in: oDRHow to return one billion dollars stolen from the people of UzbekistanThe saga of Gulnara Karimova’s ill-gotten and ill-fated assets – frozen in a number of mostly European jurisdictions...
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Published in: oDRSoft power under Mirziyoyev: Change and continuity in Uzbekistan’s foreign policyMuch has been made of the new Uzbek leader's openness, but Shavkat Mirziyoyev's rule is rooted in the path set by...
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Published in: oDRModernising authoritarianism in UzbekistanUzbekistan’s so-called “spring” is more about upgrading this Central Asian state than providing political freedoms.
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Published in: oDRA new era in US-Uzbekistan relations poses old challenges for the international communityMy country is at a crossroads. If it does not reform its governance system to better protect against corruption, it...
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Published in: oDRHow Russia and Uzbekistan cooperate on the kidnap trail to Central AsiaPeople leave Uzbekistan seeking safety and work in Russia. But what they find is prosecution and abduction.
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Published in: oDRIf Paul Day builds a monument to late Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, the blood of his victims will taint the artist’s work foreverOpen letter from Uzbek human rights activists to British sculptor Paul Day, commissioned to commemorate former...
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Published in: oDROut of political prison in Uzbekistan, and still an optimistErkin Musaev spent 11 years in prison on fabricated charges. As signs of cautious reform emerge in Uzbekistan, this...
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Published in: oDRUzbekistan’s new leader fails his first testOne year after the death of Islam Karimov, the continued use of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields shows...
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Published in: oDRIn Uzbekistan, the World Bank is masking labour abusesUzbekistan has often used forced labour to bring in the cotton harvest. A new report shows that the World Bank’s...
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Published in: oDRUzbekistan after Karimov: goodbye to the family businessAs Uzbekistan's elite recovers from the shock of Islam Karimov's death, the scrabble for the spoils is only just beginning.
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Published in: oDRWhat would an open Uzbekistan look like?As Uzbekistan prepares for transition from the Karimov era, what room is there for positive, if pragmatic, thinking?
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Published in: oDRGoodbye KarimovWe don't know whether Uzbekistan's leader is alive or dead. But the system he created will live on.
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Published in: oDR“Two million soms and we’ll let you go”If you push hard enough you can get justice — even in Uzbekistan.
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Published in: oDRBook review: Hamid Ismailov ‘The Underground’In The Underground, like his mixed-race hero, Hamid Ismailov is looking, above and below ground, for the answer to...
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Published in: oDRRegime preservation in Central Asia
For elites in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, regime preservation is priority number one. Even if that means cozying up to Putin.
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Published in: oDRDetaining the president’s daughterA year on from her disappearance from public life, what does the treatment of Gulnara Karimova reveal about...
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Published in: oDRThe kidnap trail to Central AsiaCentral Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on...
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Published in: oDRThe split widens in the ruling family of UzbekistanHaving been accused of misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars, Gulnara Karimova is now under house arrest...
