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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting of Presidents of ex-Soviet nations which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, at Konstantin Palace in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia

Uzbek govt needs ‘more consultation with the population’ amid unrest, expert says

Protest

Massive protests broke out after Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed constitutional changes that would have prevented the Karakalpakstan region from holding a referendum on secession. He has since backed away from the proposal, but imposed a monthlong curfew.

Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City truck attack, is seen in this courtroom sketch appearing in Manhattan federal courtroom in a wheelchair in New York, NY, U.S., November 1, 2017.

No, Uzbekistan is not a hotbed for violent extremism and radicalism, experts say

Conflict
A Korean bean sprout dish, kongnamul muchim), gets an Uzbek spin (fresh cilantro) at Cafe at Your Mother-in-Law.

At this Brooklyn restaurant, you can get Korean food with a side of Russian history

Food
Abdurasul Juraboev, one of two Brooklyn residents who allegedly planned to travel to Syria to support the Islamic State worked at the The Gyro King restaurant in Flatbush.

New York City produces its first homegrown ISIS recruits

Conflict

Uzbekistan may have program to forcibly sterilizing women for population control

The World

Uzbekistan’s First Daughter Gulnara Karimova Tweets with Journalist

Global Politics

Uzbekistan’s “first daughter,” Gulnara Karimova is a diplomat, a ruthless businesswoman, and a pop singer nicknamed Googoosha. Marco Werman speaks with Natalia Antelava about her Twitter conversations with the daughter of Uzbekistan’s president.

Doctors in Uzbekistan Say Government Forcibly Sterilizing Women

Global Politics

Journalist Natalia Antelava talks with Marco Werman about what she says is a secret program by the government of Uzbekistan to sterilize women against their will.

Controversial Fashion Designer from Central Asia

Arts, Culture & Media

The president’s daughter of which Central Asian country has caused controversy at New York’s Fashion Week?

The World

Forbidden Soviet Art in Uzbekistan

Arts, Culture & Media

A new documentary The Desert of Forbidden Art directed by Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope, tells the story of an art museum in Uzbekistan filled with supressed art from the former Soviet Union. An American curator, Jane Sharp, remembers her first visit.

The World

Uzbek fighters in Pakistan

Global Politics

Authorities say there are many foreigners fighting alongside the Taliban in Pakistan. Some of them are from the central Asian nation of Uzbekistan. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from the head of the BBC’s Uzbek Service, Sirojiddin Tolibov.