Author: Husan Ghulamov

The Uzbek government is restricting religious freedom despite promises to eliminate restrictions, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is preventing registration of religious communities, subjecting former religious prisoners to arbitrary controls, and prosecuting Muslims on overly broad and vaguely worded extremism-related charges. A 2021 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations retains restrictive and rights-violating provisions. And the authorities are prosecuting people under overbroad religious extremism-related provisions in Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, while ignoring allegations of abuse in custody. “President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received credit early on for initiating reforms granting more religious freedoms in Uzbekistan, but what we’re seeing today is…

Today, given that 35% of the population of Uzbekistan, that is, more than 12.1 million people are children, the issues of ensuring the interests of children are one of the main priorities of the policy of the state. In recent years, Uzbekistan, implementing a policy in the interests of children, has been adhering to the principle ‘no child will be left without care and attention.’ The country is committed to its international obligations, including those adopted under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In improving this policy, much attention is paid to the recommendations of the UN…

AKIPRESS.COM – A delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Shakhlo Turdikulova visited the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, UzA reported. A meeting was held with Deputy Director of the Institute of Microbiology Hua Xiang during the visit. The parties discussed joint trials of the 2nd generation vaccine against coronavirus currently being conducted and plans. An agreement was reached on the passage of scientific internships by Uzbek scientists and conducting their research at the Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The official opening ceremony of China – Uzbekistan…

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani received a written message from President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Dr Shavkat Mirziyoyev, pertaining to bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and ways of enhancing and developing them, as well as issues of common concern. The message was handed over by Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov, when the Amir met him at his office in Lusail Palace Sunday. Source : Gulf times

Pakistan is struggling with its worst economic crisis in decades with its foreign exchange reserves, at their lowest in 10 years. China and Iran have come forward to help the crisis-hit Pakistan to come out of the financial collapse, while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is delaying unlocking the next tranche of a $6.5 billion loan.  The country has been modifying its policies according to the conditions laid down by IMF, in an effort to get funding. The Washington-headquartered financial body has suggested raising tax revenues and a fairer distribution of precious resources by taking subsidies away from people who don’t need…

Representatives of the “Yuksalish” nationwide movement called on all employers to take a closer look at the organization of work processes during the period of abnormal frosts. Reportedly, the staff of “Yuksalish” movement is switching to a remote mode of operation from January 9 to 15. “This decision was made due to difficulties with the heating system of the central office building. Regional divisions are also switching to an online format,” the report reads. They also urged all employers – both in the public and private sectors – to take a closer look at the organization of work processes. Familiarize…

Less government, more gas, better public transport, and greater protections for property rights; those were just some of the promises made by Uzbekistan’s president in his state of the nation speech before parliament on December 20. Shavkat Mirziyoyev is putting an upbeat spin on things, even as his country endures a particularly troubled winter of power outages and fuel shortages and looks poised to record economic growth below expectations. One solution to the background malaise that is being put forward by Mirziyoyev is to streamline the civil service. In that spirit, the number of ministries and government agencies will be halved in 2023, from…