Uzbek leader re-elected for seven-year term in snap election
Tashkent, Uzbekistan Reuters Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1 per cent of the vote on Sunday, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary results paving his way to another seven years in power. Mirziyoyev, who has lead Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the […]
Uzbek leader holds early election to extend rule
Tashkent, UzbekistanReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds an early election on Sunday to extend his rule for another seven years, just months after changing the constitution to lift term limits that would have required him to step aside in 2026. Mirziyoyev, 65, has brought Uzbekistan out of near-isolation since taking power in 2016 after the […]
WHO says toxic syrup risk “ongoing”, more countries hit
London, UKReuters There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization told Reuters, saying it was now working with six more countries than previously revealed to track the potentially deadly children’s medicines. The UN agency has already named nine countries where tainted syrups may have been on sale, after […]
WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parents
Reuters The World Health Organization is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three countries, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Citing “unacceptable levels” of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking more information about […]
WHO urges “immediate action” after cough syrup deaths
London, UKReuters The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under five – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths […]
Ukraine conflict: Russians fleeing war call-up face new stresses on arrival in Kazakhstan
OLZHAS AUYEZOV and MARIYA GORDEYEVA, of Reuters, report from Almaty as an influx of hundreds of thousands Russians arrive in the country, spurred on in recent times by Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation…
Rights group says hundreds remain detained over Uzbekistan unrest
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Hundreds of people are still in detention in Uzbekistan after deadly unrest this month in the republic of Karakalpakstan over a proposal to strip the region of its autonomous status, a rights group said. Fourteen protesters and four law enforcement officers were killed in the violence, the authorities have said, blaming it on […]
Uzbekistan lifts state of emergency in Karakalpakstan after protest deaths
London, UKReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday signed a decree to lift a state of emergency in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, where at least 18 people were killed when security forces broke up protests earlier this month. Mirziyoyev said on his website that the emergency measures, which included a curfew, were being lifted […]
Activists reject Uzbek Government’s version of deadly protests
London, UKReuters A week after Uzbekistan’s deadliest outbreak of violence in nearly 20 years, opposition politicians and human rights groups are challenging the government’s narrative that protesters were high on drugs and incited by “foreign forces”. Authorities in the Central Asian state say 14 civilians and four law enforcement officers died during clashes that broke […]
Uzbek leader blames “foreign forces” for outbreak of unrest
Tashkent, UzbekistanReuters Uzbekistan’s President blamed “foreign forces” on Wednesday for inciting unrest in the Central Asian state’s autonomous Karakalpakstan republic, where the government says 18 people were killed in violent clashes last week. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the “unpleasant events” were a source of anguish, and the top state prosecutor would conduct a thorough investigation. […]