President Mirziyoyev has signed the law that provides for measures to combat extremism and terrorism. Currently, there are 2,300 religious associations of 16 different faiths active in the country ...

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 report specifically examined how Jews, Judaism, the Holocaust, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict are depicted in ...

Activists express fear that political and religious repression is returning to the situation of the "Old Uzbekistan" era. Click here for the full story in Uzbek. More South and Central Asia Stories ...

IMPACT-se study reveals that the Central Asian nation's education recognizes the Holocaust and Israel's economic achievements. The post Uzbekistan’s textbooks highlight tolerance and Jewish history, r ...

Special Assistant to Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan held a productive meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan, Alisher Tkhakayev, to discuss enhancing industrial cooperation and bilateral trade ...

The right to freedom of expression is obstructed all over the world. In Uzbekistan, political and religious freedom are severely restricted and the media is controlled by the state. Critics say ...

Members of the Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) were arrested for unregistered religious activity, a crime in Uzbekistan, and possession or distribution of literature not ...

Tashkent (AsiaNews) - The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed the law ‘on the conception of state policy for the guarantee of freedom of conscience and religious profession ...