узбекистан
Over the past few years, news reports in the Uzbek media have increasingly reported on violence against women and girls, and there are many cases of femicide of women. CABAR.asia training participant Luiza Atabaeva analyzed cases published in the Uzbek media between 2015 and 2023 and proves that most of them can be qualified as femicide.
Kazakhstan’s civil society is eying the rapprochement with China with suspicion. This is primarily because people don’t trust their own elites, said Temur Umarov, a researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies in Berlin.
Young people in Uzbekistan, just as in other countries, try to express themselves in different ways. In the cities of the country, you can meet emo, goths, rockers, anime and cosplayers, gamers, etc. But their outward differences shock the population of Uzbekistan, and many confuse them with the LGBTQ community. They are bullied, harassed, and kidnapped because of these differences.
The majority of the population in the country is favourable to the adoption of the new version of the Constitution, stating that many citizens’ proposals have been taken into account. However, those who had hoped for a continuation of democratic reforms are disappointed with the subsequent developments, believing that the main objective was to extend the term of office of the incumbent president.
Central Asia became more attractive for Beijing since the Russian invasion of Ukraine made the northern trade routes unavailable to use for China. Growing vacuum of influence in the region is going to be filled by China, believes Brian Carlson, the head of the Global Security Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) think tank. (more…)
The development of women’s expert opinion in the countries of Central Asia was discussed by experts from the four countries of the region during an analytical discussion organized by CABAR.asia. (more…)
During the visit of Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan put an end to the border delimitation issue. However, the release of detainees in the Kempir-Abad case may not be prompt, according to experts.
The unprecedented energy crisis that erupted at the beginning of this winter, and the subsequent arrests as well as dismissals of officials in charge of the industry, demonstrates the systemic crisis in Uzbekistan’s energy sector.
In Uzbekistan, participants of the July protests in Karakalpakstan are facing trial. Human rights activists fear that the trial will be biased and call on the authorities to carry out a fair investigation. (more…)
The number of girls and women wearing hijabs on the streets of Uzbekistan’s cities and districts has noticeably increased. However, public schools in the country still forbid wearing them, allowing them to be replaced by skullcaps and light-colored scarves tied backwards. (more…)