News Agency HARAKAT - 25 May 2010

• 21:31Leaders of Uzbek democratic opposition arrived to Europe

  Today, the group consisted of leaders of "Birlik" and "Erk" Parties that arrived to the Swedish capital city Stockholm. The group was met by "Birlik" Party vice-chairman Pulat Akhun and party activist Anvar Karim. The group consists of the following activists: "Erk" Democratic Party chairman Samad Murodov, "Birlik" Party vice-chairmen Daynov Tashanov and Hamdam Sulaymonov, and chairman of Sirdarya regional organization of "Birlik" Party Isroil Rizaev. As we informed in our previous news, ...

• 14:22An exit-visa was denied for one of the leaders of "Birlik" Party Holiknazar Gani

  The Samarkand Regional Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan denied the Chairman of Samarkand regional organization of "Birlik" Party Holiknazar Gani's application to obtain travel visa. As known, Uzbekistan is one of the several countries of the world, which demands from its citizens to obtain an exit-visa in order to travel abroad. The reason of the denial of the application is, as stated in the official document, that Holiknazar Gani was hiding his previous conv...

• 16:21Kyrgyzstan events divide Uzbeks into two groups

  Our correspondents reported earlier that supporting the Provisional Government is not the right thing to do for the Uzbeks who live in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Particularly, in the news posted on 14 April was stated the following: " It would be the best for Uzbeks like Kodirjon Botirov, who speak by the name of the Jalolobadian Uzbeks in favor of Provisional Government, to be more realistic". Now, as it became known, there is another group of Uzbeks who are on Bakiev's side. Nicknamed...

• 13:40Abdurahim Polat: Remembering the 5 years since bloody Andijan events, we are required to move forward

  5 years ago, Uzbekistan government shed hundreds of innocent people's blood in Andijan using own Security Services’ provocation made by the hands of so-called "Akromia" movement’s members. The traces of this event will remain forever in our nation's heart. The provokers and those who shed the blood will have to respond in front of the nation and history. Our mission is not mourning and shedding tears, but to take a lesson from past days, to make Uzbekistan the better place to live without t...

• 13:22The prosecutor demands for journalist Hayrulla Hamidov 7 years of imprisonment

  The court process against journalist Hayrulla Hamidov and his associates, who were detained on January 22 of this year, with charges of organizing religious radical group and putting the society into danger has started. Tashkent region prosecutor assistant demanded for the journalist Hayrulla Hamidov 7 years imprisonment in Yangiyol region criminal affairs court. The Human Rights activists group also informs that, 3 to 7 years of imprisonment was demanded for 19 other religious detainees, 6 yea...

• 23:48International exhibition “Oil and Gas Uzbekistan – OGU 2010” and opinion of "Harakat"

  Fourteenth international exhibition “Oil and Gas Uzbekistan – OGU 2010” has been launched today in Tashkent’s UzExpoCenter. The OGU is organized by the international exhibition company ITE Uzbekistan, member of UFI, and its partners I.T.E. Exhibitions & Conference Ltd. (UK), ITE Moscow, GIMA (Germany) and ITE China. At the beginning of the show, U.Nazarov, the "UzbekOilGas" chairman praised of the Islam Karim's patronage and great outcome after widely made reforms in developing the oil-gas...

• 22:38Kazakhstan plans to be a leader in the Turkish world

  Nursultan Nazarbay wants his country to become a bridge between Asia and Europe. He lives with ambitions of making Astana an Eurasian Center, while president of Uzbekistan is still under the emotions of recently passed meeting in Tashkent of the Asian Development Bank. As KazInform agency reported in the news, Nursultan Nazarbay will meet Turk president Abdullah Gul in Astana to open The Turk World Academy on 25 of May. “Archaeologists, ethnologists, Turk historians, literature scientists wi...

• 02:35Central Council’s Board of "Birlik" Party held meeting in Tashkent

  Today we informed already about the meeting of the regional chairmen's meeting of "Birlik" Party in Tashkent. Later, as it was found out, the status of this event was retrained as "Extended Meeting of Central Council’s Board (Presidium) of the Party ". This was the first official event of “Birlik” Party in recent years. All of the regions representatives were present except that of Andijon and Namangan regions. In particular, vice-chairmen Holiknazar Ganiev, Daynov Tashanov and Hamdam Sula...

• 13:29Tajik and Uzbek government officials could not negotiate

  The Tajik delegation under the leadership of vice-chairmen of government Murodali Alimardon conducted two days negotiations with Uzbek partners in Tashkent, but couldn’t reach almost any noticeable consents. The mood losing Tajik delegation gave just some comments to reporters and promised to organize a special press conference later in order to share their impressions about meeting in Tashkent. Tashkent intergovernmental meeting covered the themes of the railroad cars held in Uzbekistan, ...

• 04:30Uzbekistan provides humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

  The government of Uzbekistan on the initiative of President Islam Karimov provided humanitarian aid to the Kyrgyz Republic. The aid to the neighboring country was sent on 24 April from the Savay railway station in Kurgantepa district of Andijan region. The humanitarian cargo includes 30 tons of flour, 200 tons of mineral fertilizers, 150 tons of cement, construction materials, clothes, medicaments and many other items. People of Uzbekistan supported provision of humanitarian aid to Kyrg...