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Автор: Bondwoman
Opposition parties in Uzbekistan say they will boycott a parliamentary election next month, citing official obstructions which have prevented them fielding candidates and predicting that the vote will be neither free nor fair.
The Birlik and Ozod Dehkonlar parties announced their decision after attempts to register candidates across the country failed.
A third party, Erk, which like Birlik was founded more than a decade ago in opposition to President Islam Karimov's administration, said it would boycott the..
22/11
Автор: Bondwoman
The presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, whose mutual animosity has been well documented in recent years, are striving to revive a functional relationship between their neighboring Central Asian states. However, efforts to implement measures adopted during a mid-November bilateral summit appear to already have hit snags.
Just two years ago, Turkmen-Uzbek relations were experiencing a deep chill, after Turkmen leader Saparmurat Niyazov accused Uzbekistan of aiding an assassination attempt against him. But at a..
04/12
Автор: Bondwoman
After 10 years in existence, Uzbekistan's parliament - which critics say does little more than rubberstamp decisions by President Islam Karimov - has closed its doors for the last time, to make way for the all-new legislature that will be elected on December 26.
Officials are playing up what they see as a major constitutional development from a single-chamber body to a modern bicameral institution.
But outside the ruling elite, many people interviewed by IWPR think that the change will make little difference, and..
07/12