OSCE, Vienna, 2 Feb 2010 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was deeply concerned by the continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan.

Uznews, Tashkent, 29 Jan 2010 – Investigator Nodir Ahmadjanov has rejected photographer and documentary filmmaker Umida Ahmedova and her lawyer’s motion to question experts who concluded three weeks ago that her photo album “Women and Men: from Dawn to Dusk” and documentary “Burden of Virginity” defamed the Uzbek people.

CPJ/IFEX, New York, 18 Jan 2009 – New York, January 15, 2010 – The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Uzbek authorities today to immediately cease their campaign of intimidation against the handful of independent journalists remaining in the Central Asian country.

Uznews, 10 Dec 2009, Osh – The Kyrgyz Supreme Court has turned down an appeal filed by the slain journalist Alisher Saipov’s family to demand that the criminal case into his murder be sent for additional investigation. The court decided that there was nothing more to investigate and that the case could be sent to [...]

Uznews, Tashkent, 24 Oct 2009 – The Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan (RUJU) and the Uznews.net news service have appealed to German leaders to achieve the release of journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov before the abolition of the EU sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan for the Andijan massacre in May 2005.

Uznews, Tashkent, 12 Aug 2009 – Uzbek Higher and Secondary Education Minister Azimjon Parpiyev has described journalism students trained at two Tashkent universities’ journalism departments as terrorists.

Uznews, Tashkent, 19 Jun 2009 – Eight European and Uzbek human rights organisations have asked the EU special envoy for Central Asia to help save the imprisoned dissident writer Yusuf Juma from torture in the Jaslyk prison.

Uznews, Tashkent, 01 Jun 2009 – The Uzbek government has announced a competition to award media grants worth a maximum of €3,400 each after failing to agree to an EU-sponsored media project worth over €1m.

Uznews, Tashkent, 22 May 2009 – A Tashkent court has refused to satisfy Uzbek citizen German Treshalov’s suit filed against the Central Asian Unit of BBC Monitoring in Tashkent to demand compensation for withholding his pension book.

Uznews, Tashkent, 20 May 2009 – The world’s leading journalist organisations, journalists and human rights activists have written an appeal to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to ask him to help release Karakalpak journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov.

Uznews, Tashkent, 07 May 2009 – Regional journalists claim that Tashkent-based journalists have bribed organisers to win Uzbekistan’s national Gold Pen awards this year. They are accused of sharing the prize money with the award organisers.

Uznews, Tashkent, 01 May 2009 – The Voice of America Uzbek Service has been facing many problems for several years: it was closed by the US government, but later it was launched again. However, it may be closed down again any time because of financial problems.

Uznews, Tashkent, 14 Apr 2009 – The Tashkent city court has convicted journalists of the Yetti Iklim (Seven Dimensions) Shavkat Ismoilov and Davron Tajiyev to eight years in prison each for alleged links to the Turkish Nur religious organisation.