Uzbekistan Prepares To Bury Veteran Leader Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan has started three days of mourning as it buries its president, Islam Karimov, who spent 27 years in power. Thousands of Uzbeks lined up along Tashkent’s main thoroughfare at dawn on Saturday as Karimov’s funeral cortege made its way through the city. Karimov, who died on Friday at the age of 78 after suffering […]
Uzbekistan Launches its 38th Own-Brand Social Network

The launch of yet another state-run social media site in Uzbekistan has highlighted the government’s contradictory attempts to control the internet. From just 7,500 internet users in 2000, online access as soared in the last 15 years, with current estimates suggesting 12.7 million people in the country are now online. But while the government has […]