The as yet unpublished memoirs of a former British ambassador to Tashkent have become a cause celebre thanks to the release of formerly confidential Foreign and Commonwealth Office documents appearing to indicate that the British …

Curiouser and curiouser. Zokir Almatov has reportedly resigned as interior minister. Fergana.ru hails the departed minister thus:
“He was a soldier and retired as one – a soldier who carried out orders of the first president.
Even …

There is quite a bit of debate surrounding the validity of an interview/confessional in Moscow News by sometime Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) member Shukhrat Masirokhunov. (Interview here.) The latest issue of Eurasia Daily Monitor …

“ Survivors of torture and the May 13 massacre of unarmed protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, filed a case on Monday in Germany calling for the prosecution of Zokirjon Almatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Internal Affairs, for …

It appears Sunshine Coalition is under the cosh again. Orifjan Oydin, a Turkish businessman and the husband of one of the party’s leaders, Nigara Khidayatova, was reportedly shot and killed in Kazakhstan because of his …

It’s not news per se, as the international community raises the same concerns at the end of every Central Asian cotton-picking season, but here’s a reminder. Earlier this year, ICG produced a report, entitled The …

Uzbekistan reportedly boycotted Thursday’s meeting of NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. According to Reuters:
A NATO official said that although Uzbekistan — which borders Afghanistan — had not formally announced that it would not attend, it had …

Diplomatically speaking

Monica Whitlock can be heard talking about the BBC in Uzbekistan on this week’s edition of “From Our Own Correspondent” (text / audio).

Currently, the 11th World Lake Conference (31 October-4th November 2005) is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. Obviously, due to the conference’s location, the focus appears to be on the great lakes of Africa. However, Klaus …