“Unsinkable”: Officials with Criminal Convictions and Links to Corruption Reappointed in Senior Government Positions
Declaring a “state of emergency” in the fight against corruption for 2026, Uzbekistan’s President...
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Author: Lynn Schweisfurth
“Now I’ll Make Sure You Know the Land Code, You Fraudster!”: Local Official Berates and Insults Farmers in Surkhandarya
On October 25, 2026, the Uzbek news outlet Effect.uz published an audio recording allegedly made...
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Popular Uzbek Blogger Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Extortion and Fraud
On October 5, 2026, a district criminal court in Jizzakh region sentenced Sirojiddin Adilov, one...
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“I’ll Take Not Just Your Land, but Your Life”: Piskent Hokim Threatens Farmer
Uzbek media have published yet another audio recording of the hokim of Piskent district in...
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10,000 Livelihoods Destroyed in Uzbekistan, yet EBRD & IFC Reward Indorama with New Loan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance...
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