Johannesburg, 6 June 2012: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and Expert Working Group, Uzbekistan, demand an end to the persecution of human rights activists in Uzbekistan and proper access for international human rights experts

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Uzbekistan is adopting a child-friendly approach to increase the number of children attending pre-school, according to UNICEF.

The schools are trying to create a safe, inclusive, engaging environment that operates in the best interest of every child.

Pre-school enrolment remains low, with less than 20 per cent of children between the ages of 3 and 5 attending pre-school.

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The United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security, which was established through the initiative of the Government of Japan, decided to extend assistance totalling 3,944,787 US dollars (approximately 351 million yen) to a project entitled "Sustaining Livelihoods Affected by the Aral Sea Disaster", which is going to be implemented in the Republic of Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Don’t Lift Restrictions Linked to Human Rights Until Tashkent Shows Improvement

(New York) – The US Congress should reject an Obama administration proposal to drop restrictions on assistance to the Uzbek government that are linked to that government’s atrocious human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. The restrictions, in place since 2004, should be lifted only when the Uzbek government significantly improves its practices, Human Rights Watch said.

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One day after the region was hit by a powerful earthquake, hundreds of residents of Central Asia's Ferghana Valley have been left on the streets as they try to determine the damage wrought by this seismic event.

The 6.2-magnitude quake, whose epicenter was 45 kilometers south of the Uzbek city of Ferghana, truck in the early morning hours of July 20, causing panic and damaging many buildings in the valley that straddles the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

(London, March 15, 2011) - The Uzbek government has forced Human Rights Watch to close its Uzbekistan office, Human Rights Watch said today. For years the government has obstructed the organization's work by denying visas and work accreditation to staff, and has now moved to liquidate its office registration, forcing Human Rights Watch to end its presence in Tashkent after 15 years.

"With the expulsion of Human Rights Watch, the Uzbek government sends a clear message that it isn't willing

Since 1992, the ICRC has been supporting the authorities in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in promoting IHL and other humanitarian norms and their integration into national legislation, academic curricula and the practices of military and security forces. It visits detainees in Uzbekistan and helps boost the capacity of the region’s Red Crescent Societies.

In Uzbekistan, many human rights defenders have long faced harassment and state scrutiny of their activities. Often, the state has demonstrated a deep distrust for human rights advocacy, labeling activists as "enemies" of the state and accusing them of criminal

A UNHCR emergency airlift to Uzbekistan carrying humanitarian aid for tens of thousands of people fleeing the violence southern Kyrgyzstan began early Wednesday morning (16 June). The first two UNHCR flights, loaded with humanitarian aid from agency's central stockpiles in Dubai, landed at Andijan airport at 1110 and 1400 today local time.

The two Russian-built Ilyushin-76 cargo planes belonging to Uzbek Air, brought in 800 lightweight tents, plastic sheeting for emergency shelter, blankets and sleeping mats in order to