Five years ago, Uzbekistan began re-engaging with the U.N. on matters of religious freedom. What progress has been made, and what remains to be done? Uzbekistan has a real opportunity to cement ...

Findings on Muslim-majority Central Asian countries more encouraging than previous investigations into European countries The ...

The government justifies this policy and its tight control over religion as necessary in the fight against terrorism. Uzbekistan has endured acts of terrorism. In 1999 bombings of government ...

The Uzbekistan government should immediately release and compensate the blogger and activist Valijon Kalonov who has been ...

The report, published by IMPACT-se, shows remarkable acceptance of Jews and Jewish history, focusing on collaborations between Israel and Uzbekistan.

“How can you be half a religion?” The question comes to Sofia Samatar in a way that characterizes her memoir of a pilgrimage across Uzbekistan in search of a lost colony of Mennonites: through several ...