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Karakalpakstan has a constitutional right to secede from Uzbekistan via referendum, but calling for such a vote results in immense pressure and often prison terms. “Karakalpakstan is not Uzbekistan,” ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Commerce: Uzbekistan’s new constitution: More for Mirziyoyev, less for Karakalpakstan
As Uzbekistan speeds forward with constitutional reform, a clear winner and loser are emerging from the draft document. The winner, unsurprisingly, is President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The loser is the ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Commerce: In Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan, Trial Over Deadly Unrest Makes A 'Hero' Of Its Intended Villain
In previous years in Uzbekistan, a trial like the one that concluded on January 31 in the city of Bukhara would have played out behind closed doors. These days, the government seems to prefer a ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Commerce: Uzbekistan's Deadly Crackdown In Karakalpakstan 'Unjustifiable,' Says Rights Group
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Uzbekistan used force "unjustifiably" during fatal unrest in its autonomous Karakalpakstan region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report that demands accountability for the ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Commerce: Uzbekistan: Why Karakalpakstan deserves its own guidebook
It was more than a decade ago that I first visited Nukus, the capital of the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, while researching the maiden edition of the Bradt Travel Guide to Uzbekistan. It was ...