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Independent sources in South Korea and Uzbekistan told RFE/RL on November 14 that South Korean authorities detained Uzbek citizen Javlon Yunusov, on suspicion of involvement into an attempted murder of Komil Allamjonov, a close associate of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev's family.
Uzbekistan's State Security Service (DXX) announced on November 7 that a court in the city of Qoqon sentenced 11 individuals to prison terms ranging from 6 years to 12 years for terrorism-related offenses.
According to an investigation by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, one of the men arrested in Uzbekistan last month was also imprisoned in Turkey in 2021 after being charged in an alleged plot to kill critics of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
A court in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Province has sentenced 51-year-old Alisher Xoliqov to five years in prison for mercenary activities with the Russian armed forces in a landmark case highlighting the growing issue of foreigners enlisting to fight in Ukraine.
An unsuccessful gun attack on the car of an ally of President Shavkat Mirziyoev's daughter has given rise to speculation that the country's family-dominated political scene might not be as peaceful as it looks from the outside.
Uzbekistan’s ruling party loyal to President Shavkat Mirziyoev was headed to an easy victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results released by electoral authorities on October 27.
Uzbek authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the death of 47-year-old Russian journalist Inessa Papernaya and two others at a hotel in Tashkent. According to the Uzbek General Prosecutor’s Office, forensic examinations have been ordered to determine the cause of death.
A teacher in Tashkent was fined 6.8 million soms ($534) for hitting a sixth-grade student who asked why she did not speak Russian during a Russian language class.
Uzbek lawmaker Alisher Qodirov has drawn comparisons to the infamous late nationalist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky due to his propensity to make outlandish statements and his seeming capacity to say things about Russia that other officials -- particularly foreign ministers -- will not.
A recent incident at a school in Uzbekistan between a teacher and a sixth-grader who asked her why she didn't speak Russian in a Russian class has led to heated statements between Russian and Uzbek officials.
Uzbekistan’s first daughter, Saida Mirziyoeva, joined the government just five years ago, but in a meteoric career now holds the second-highest official position after the president.
The deputy speaker of the Uzbek parliament, Alisher Qodirov, has proposed banning all Soviet symbols and ideology in his country.
A court in Uzbekistan's southeastern city of Samarkand on September 3 handed a parole-like sentence to a local resident for his activities promoting the restoration of the Soviet Union.
Uzbek officials continue their campaign against beards, ordering men to trim their facial hair and forcibly shave.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has pardoned hundreds of convicts to mark the country's Independence Day, which was celebrated on September 1.
A mysterious construction site is expanding in an expensive district of Uzbekistan’s capital, covering millions of dollars' worth of land. A new RFE/RL investigation has found that the project is tied to the president’s son-in-law -- a public servant.
Uzbek athletes have won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics, as well as two silver and three bronze medals.
Central Asian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics have been punching above their weight this summer, taking home numerous medals in martial arts, shooting, and boxing events, among others. Iran and Pakistan have scored big too.
Kyrgyzstan has issued an arrest warrant for imprisoned Uzbek criminal boss Salim Abduvaliev.
Amid an ongoing crackdown on criminal bosses, a Tashkent court on August 5 sentenced notorious Uzbek criminal kingpin Saidaziz Saidaliev to 20 years in prison on charges of extortion, organizing a criminal group, illegal drugs possession, money laundering, and hooliganism.
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