Barno Anvar is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Uzbek Service.
Earlier in his reign, President Shavkat Mirziyoev asked bloggers to "expose the shortcomings" of officials. Many who did just that have come to regret it.
The medical-engineer-turned entrepreneur behind Uzbekistan’s first disposable syringe factory, Saidikrom Ahrorov, had returned to Tashkent from self-exile, hoping for reforms and a better business climate under new President Shavkat Mirziyoev. But he was dissappointed.
Hotel guests across Uzbekistan should have copies on hand of the Koran, Bible, and other sacred books, say Uzbek officials more accustomed to reining in religious fervor.
