Commercial Kyrgyzstan’s Neighborhood Improvement and Funding Company (ARIS) reportedly withdrew a grievance it had filed in opposition to award-winning outlet Kloop on February 2, a day after the information web site acquired two letters from the Ministry of Tradition and the nation’s communications regulator demanding the elimination of an article. …

Commercial When Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev dismissed Tashkent mayor Jahongir Artikhodjaev earlier this month, the proximate trigger was the miserable struggling of the Uzbek capital’s electrical energy grid amid a chilly snap and ongoing fuel shortages. In dismissing Artikhodjaev, amongst a number of different metropolis officers, Mirziyoyev cited a “lack …

Commercial A court docket in Bukhara has sentenced lawyer and journalist Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov to 16 years in jail. Journalist Lolagul Kallykhanova acquired an 8-year “restricted liberty” sentence, which RFE/RL characterised as “parole-like.” Of the 22 folks charged within the case, associated to the unrest that broke out in Karakalpakstan’s capital …

Commercial In December, information broke in Uzbekistan that greater than dozen youngsters had died after utilizing an Indian-manufactured cough syrup. The demise toll ultimately rose to twenty. Earlier, in October 2022, the World Well being Group (WHO) had issued a warning about Indian cough syrups after the deaths of more …

Protesters collect on Sukhbaatar Sq. in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Credit score: AP Picture/Alexander Nikolskiy Commercial Transparency Worldwide has released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, and the outcomes is not going to shock common Diplomat readers.  Within the Asia-Pacific, like a lot of the world, scores …

Commercial Kyrgyzstan’s months-long marketing campaign to strain RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, recognized regionally as Radio Azattyk, into eradicating a September 16, 2022, video report produced by Present Time concerning the Kyrgyz-Tajik border battle has entered a brand new part. The Kyrgyz Ministry of Tradition, Info, Sports activities, and Youth Coverage petitioned …

Commercial After months of postponements, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev lastly touched down in Bishkek, the capital of neighboring Kyrgyzstan, on January 26 for a two-day state go to.  Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov met Mirziyoyev at the airport, greeting him on a pink shyrdak with flowers. A girl in conventional costume …

Commercial Central Asia’s sexual violence legal guidelines are out of step with worldwide norms rooted within the recognition of consent as central to sexual relations, argues a brand new report from Equality Now. Equality Now could be non-governmental group that advocates for the safety and promotion of the human rights …

Crossroads Asia | Politics | Central Asia As expected, following last summer’s constitutional referendum dropping references to “elbasy,” many of the First President’s other special privileges are ending. Advertisement This week Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court annulled the 2000 law “On the First President” following parliamentary efforts to bring the country’s laws into alignment with changes …

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Advertisement Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s state visit to neighboring Kyrgyzstan was described as “upcoming” in September, October, and November 2022. The visit finally got a date, in early December, only to be postponed but promised before the end of the year. It was postponed yet again, and the year closed …

Commercial On January 6, the vitality ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan signed an settlement on the development of the Kambar-Ata-1 hydropower plant on the Naryn river in Kyrgyzstan. Assembly in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Vitality Minister Taalaibek Ibraev, Kazakh Vitality Minister Bolat Aqsholaqov, and Uzbek Vitality Minister Jurabek Mirzamahmudov signed a …