On October 5, the Mirzachul District Criminal Court of Jizzakh Region found blogger and head of Sirojiddin Media LLC Sirojiddin Sayfiddinovich Adilov guilty of extortion and fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison. The Jizzakh Regional Courts Press Service reported the verdict. According to the statement, Adilov was found guilty under Part 1 …
Uzbekistan’s President has signed a decree reorganizing the Ministry of Preschool and School Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation into a single Ministry of Education and Science. Presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov announced the decision. “The goals of this reform are to organize a unified system of education, upbringing and science …
Saida Mirziyoyeva has called for the return of the death penalty amid an investigation into the sexual abuse of a five-year-old child at a state kindergarten in Uchkurgan district, Namangan region. The death penalty was abolished in Uzbekistan in 2008 following a years-long campaign by human rights activists. “I was briefed on the tragedy that …
The Military Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan has delivered a verdict in the case involving Taftish.uz staff and former State Security Service employees. Human rights activist Abdurakhmon Tashanov reported this on September 24. Taftish.uz editor-in-chief Gayrat Aberayev was sentenced to 10.6 years in prison, while journalist Marjona Eshquvvatova was sentenced to 4.1 years. Two …
Kakhramonjon Olimov, who reported being kidnapped and tortured in France in the summer of 2025, is now listed in INTERPOL’s wanted persons database. The record published by the organization gives his name as KAKHRAMONJON OLIMOV, his date of birth as May 7, 1977, his place of birth as Andijan Region, and his nationality as Uzbek. …
India and Uzbekistan are preparing to expand cooperation in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine through education, research, medicinal herbs and healthcare partnerships following a memorandum signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Uzbekistan in August. Featured image: Indian Ambassador to Uzbekistan Smita Pant at the 11th Ayurveda Day event in Tashkent. …
The joint military exercise “Power of Unity – 2026” involving servicemen from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Uzbekistan has begun in Azerbaijan. According to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Defense, the exercise started at the Gizilgaya training center in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh Economic Region. The drills involve military units from the defense ministries of the three countries, as well as …
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent Vladimir Putin congratulations on the holding of elections to Russia’s State Duma. In the letter, the contents of which were relayed by the president’s press secretary Sherzod Asadov on September 21, Mirziyoyev described the elections as a demonstration of the “high political culture and civic consolidation of Russian society,” while …
Uzbekistan has uncovered a scheme involving the illegal acquisition of international SAT certificates, the results of which are used for admission to higher education institutions. According to the State Security Service, a group set up a real “bunker” in a private school building in Tashkent’s Yangihayot district: an IT specialist provided covert access to the …
According to the National Statistics Committee, Uzbekistan imported 65,876 passenger cars worth $920.4 million in January–July 2026. Electric vehicles accounted for the largest share of imports. During the seven-month period, 46,749 electric vehicles were brought into the country, accounting for approximately 71% of all passenger car imports. In addition, 10,987 petrol-powered cars and 8,077 hybrid …
