Usbekistan

Uzbekistan's incumbent leader has won a second five-year term in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, preliminary results showed Monday. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received 80.1% of Sunday's vote, the country's Central Election Commission announced.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 24 October presidential election in Uzbekistan, its 400th mission since ODIHR was established 30 years ago.

Uzbekistan’s largest political party has approved the nomination of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as its candidate for the October 24 presidential election – a formality since no serious opponents will be in the running.

Uzbekistan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has announced it will nominate incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoev for the country’s October 24 presidential election.

Troops from Russia and Uzbekistan began joint military drills on Monday near the Afghan border, amid fears in both countries that a worsening security situation in Afghanistan could spill over into Central Asia.

Uzbekistan’s communications regulator has restricted access to several social media websites for violating personal data laws. … In March, amendments to communications laws criminalized insulting or defaming the president online and making online calls for "mass disturbances."

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Uzbekistan to repeal recent legal amendments that the group says "deepen restrictions" on online speech ahead of a planned presidential election.

While many border areas in Central Asia's former Soviet republics have been disputed, the situation is particularly complicated near the numerous exclaves in the volatile Ferghana Valley, where the borders of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan meet.

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Uzbek parliament's lower chamber, the Oliy Majlis, has proposed moving up presidential elections to October from December as part of a package of election law changes to bring voting to "international standards."