Oct 062009
 

People and the State < back
06.10.09 17:47
Protest action dispersed in Jizak
Uznews.net – Tashkent-based human rights activists and a group of women from Jizak Region’s Gallaorol District attempted to take a picket outside the regional prosecutor’s office in Jizak yesterday, but they were dispersed by police and national security (SNB) officers. Continue reading »
Oct 012009
 

ECONOMY < back
A pupil in Syrdarya cotton fields; Uznews.net
01.10.09 23:18
Uzbek regional centre paralysed by cotton campaign
Uznews.net – A cotton-harvesting campaign that started few days ago has turned the town of Gulistan, the capital of Syrdarya Region, into a ghost town whose residents seem to have gone somewhere, leaving only children and the elderly.

Traffic in Gulistan, which is not busy anyway, has disappeared altogether these days, whereas rare pedestrians or open offices can only be seen on the town’s central street. Continue reading »