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Changing the Pattern, but Not the Policy: Uzbekistan Shifts the Demographics of Forced Labor

by Jacqueline Hale, Alisher Ilkhamov
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Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan’s Digital Doldrums

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The New Silk Road and the Northern Distribution Network: A Golden Road to Central Asian Trade Reform?

Join a conversation on the United States’ policies around the Northern Distribution Network and the New Silk Road with author Graham Lee and U.S. Department of State Office Director for Central Asia Les Viguerie.

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The State of Freedom of the Press in Central Asia: Fighting to Report from Repressive Stans

The Open Society Foundations host a conversation with Daniil Kislov, editor-in-chief of Fergananews.com, and Muzaffar Suleymanov, from the Committee to Protect Journalists, on the situation for journalism in Central Asia.

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Changing the Pattern, but Not the Policy: Uzbekistan Shifts the Demographics of Forced Labor

January 17, 2013 | by Jacqueline Hale, Alisher Ilkhamov | 31 comments

Yet if the Uzbek government is really committed to solving the problem of forced labor it must begin by reforming the cotton industry.

The New Silk Road: Where Will It Lead?

November 4, 2012 | by Cornelius Graubner

The U.S. State Department is promoting a New Silk Road in Central Asia, reviving ancient trade routes in a way many hope will bring prosperity to ordinary citizens and drive regional cooperation. But will it?

Uzbekistan Deserves Better

August 21, 2012 | by Sanjar G. Umarov | 2 comments

Lifting human rights restrictions when activists are jailed, media are censored, and forced child labor is rampant is not the way to convince the Uzbek government that the United States is serious about human rights.

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