mahalla
«The demolition issue is the main challenge at the moment, thus it requires an immediate solution. The political elite must mobilize all resources to reduce the social tension level in order to prevent an escalation that will negatively affect the entire reform agenda,» said Yuri Sarukhanyan, a specialist in international relations, a member of the CABAR.asia School of Analytics from Tashkent.
«Philosophy of new Tashkent is to show the population and the whole world strength of the new government, which seeks to become “modernized”. Government authorities understand “modernity” in a way of struggle with history, and discontinuity with tradition. The population is imposed by a new way of thinking, which is highly based on praising the existing system», – notes Bakhtiyor Alimjanov, participant of CABAR.asia School of Analytics, Candidate of Historical Sciences, and an independent researcher from Uzbekistan, in his article for CABAR.asia.
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«Notwithstanding the problems the mahallas facing today, little can undermine their helpful role in preserving respect for social values and civil consciousness and of course in the inculcation of nationalism within each community», – states Kodir Kuliev, anti-corruption and human rights expert from Tashkent, in his article written specifically for the analytical platform CABAR.asia.
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