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Farewell Barak: Uzbekistan Absorbs Kyrgyz Exclave As Part Of Historic Border Deal globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Residents of the former Kyrgyz exclave of Barak inside Uzbekistan bade farewell to their home village with mixed emotions this month, as the historic border deal reached by Bishkek and Tashkent became reality. Any other proposed land swaps in Central Asia look far more difficult to achieve. ....
Uzbekistan Turning Down The Volume On Islam globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
President Shavkat Mirziyoev won praise from devout Muslims for lifting draconian restrictions on the faith held over from predecessor Islam Karimov. But from a quieter call to prayer to calls to shun the niqab and a crackdown on Islamic websites, policy is now going back in the other direction. ....
Uzbek Farmers Unhappy With President s Order Giving Land To Jobless Youth March 14, 2021 10:17 GMT Share share Print Just as many Uzbek farmers began sowing the seeds for this season s crops, President Shavkat Mirziyoev called on them to give some of their agricultural land to young people without jobs. Every farmer should allocate two hectares of land [that will] be given to four young people, [each of them getting] half a hectare, Mirziyoev said at a cabinet meeting in Tashkent on January 27. They will grow whatever crop they like on that land. The president ordered that one hectare from every 10 hectares of farmland should be given to young people. ....