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		<title>Uzbekistan Officially Recognizes 130-Year-Old Woman as Nation’s Oldest Resident — Guinness Record Bid Possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uzbekistan has officially confirmed the birthdate of Khuwaydo Umarova (Toshmatova), a resident of the “Karakum” mahalla in Buvaydin District, Fergana Region, who was born on January 1, 1895 — making her 130 years old, according to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Justice, citing Gazeta.uz.

Her age was legally established during an extraordinary in-home court session held at her residence, after local justice officials discovered her birth had never been formally registered. The Kokand Interdistrict Court for Civil Cases granted the petition, officially recognizing her birthdate.

“Khuwaydo Umarova momo is now officially recognized as the oldest living woman in Uzbekistan,” the Ministry announced.

Umarova’s remarkable longevity has drawn media attention for years. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious “Shukhrat” Medal for her contributions to society. In 2023, the Uzbekistan State News Agency (UzA) reported that the then 128-year-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:38:38 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Taliban Widely Violates Women’s Rights In Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International has reported that Afghan women and girls have endured some of the most severe human rights violations since the Taliban’s return to power, with virtually no avenue for justice, Afintl.af reports.

The organisation asserts that the Taliban have reversed all legal and institutional reforms aimed at improving women’s rights.

In a statement, Amnesty International announced its intention to submit its findings to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) during the committee’s ninety-first session, scheduled to run from 16 June through July 2025.

The report details how, since the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021, the Taliban have declared void any laws aligned with international human rights standards and disbanded bodies that offered support legal, social and public to women and girls. It emphasises that restrictions have been imposed across every sphere of women’s and girls’ lives,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 19:25:57 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Taliban made it mandatory for women to wear hijab and banned ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ruling Taliban movement in Afghanistan has approved a law prohibiting women from going out in public without wearing a hijab and from speaking loudly in public places.

The document was approved by Afghanistan's Islamic leadership and has come into legal force, reports Fergana.ru, citing ToloNews.

This set of rules was developed by Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, and this is reflected in the name of the document—the Declaration of Laws on Vices and Virtues. This unique code of conduct consists of 114 pages, divided into 35 articles, covering various aspects of life in the country: the appearance of men and women, music, public transportation, and holidays.

Article 13 is dedicated to Afghan women, stipulating that it is a woman’s duty to completely cover her face and body in the presence of men. Women are also prohibited from wearing thin, tight, or short clothing. According to Taliban officials,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:02:54 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Role of lawyer in international and European law discussed in Ashgabat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An international conference titled "Promoting Access to Justice in Turkmenistan: The Role of Lawyers in International and European Law and Practice" has commenced in the capital of Turkmenistan. The event is organized jointly with the European Union and the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan, Turkmenportal.tm reports.

The conference was attended by representatives of Turkmenistan's government agencies, bar associations, as well as international experts from Central Asian countries and the Council of Europe.

As reported by the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan, the first day of the conference discussed issues related to ensuring universal and equal access to justice in accordance with international standards.

Representatives from the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan and the Bar Association spoke about their achievements in ensuring access to justice, while international experts analyzed the best practices in European countries.

The conference will span over two days.

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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:44:49 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Tajik police put forward an offer to kidnappers of deputy head of &quot;Orienbank&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan appealed to the persons who kidnapped the first deputy chairman of the board of Orienbank Shukhrat Ismatulloev, Sputnik reports.

The statement claims that if Ismatulloev is released voluntarily, their punishment will be mitigated.

"If they appear in law enforcement agencies and admit their own guilt, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation of Tajikistan, a mitigation measure will be applied to them," the Tajik Interior Ministry said.

According to law enforcement agencies, on June 23, he was abducted in Dushanbe

The first deputy chairman of the board of "Orienbank" Shukhrat Ismatulloev was abducted in Dushanbe and since then no one has contacted his relatives or the bank's management.

It is reported that a criminal group of 4 people forced him into a black Hyundai Sonata car.

In accordance with this, a criminal case has been initiated and a preliminary investigation and operational-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:20:14 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Attitude towards religion in Turkmenistan raises concern of USA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the countries of particular concern due to the fact that their governments violate the rights of citizens to freedom of religion, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken mentioned Turkmenistan in his statement. A statement about this is published on the website of the US State Department, Hronikatm.com reports.

In addition to Turkmenistan, the list of countries for participating in or allowing especially serious violations of religious freedom includes such countries as Burma, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, China, North Korea, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan.

“Countries that effectively protect the right to religious freedom and other human rights are more peaceful, stable, prosperous, and more reliable partners for the United States than those that do not,” the US Secretary of State said and noted that the US “will continue to carefully monitor the state of freedom of religion or belief in every country in the world and protect those who face religious persecution or]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:23:20 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Former head of Kazakh KNB to demand call to confront Nazarbayev</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Numerous rumor makers in the government corridors of the capital of Kazakhstan are discussing Karim Massimov's letter, which he wrote to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev before the start of his trial. The content of this personal letter is not known for certain, but it must be assumed that Massimov, realizing the hopelessness of his situation, reveals in detail the true role of Nazarbayev in those events. He believes that Nazarbayev himself, at a difficult moment, left Massimov without protection and support, joining only in the defense of his nephew Kairat Satybaldy and other family members. How much all these numerous leaks of information and rumors correspond to the truth, time and the trial will show, Asianews.info wrote.

The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, after voting in the recent elections, answered questions from journalists and, in particular, answered the question of who, in his opinion, is behind the former head of the KNB, Karim Masimov, who is accused of treason,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 19:40:15 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Trial against Massimov began in Astana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trial against the former head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan (KNB) Karim Massimov began in Astana, Zakon.kz reports.

The case is being considered "top secret".

The KNB began a pre-trial investigation into treason as early as January 6, 2022. Then Karim Massimov and other persons were detained and placed in the temporary detention center.

On August 25, it became known that the investigation of the criminal case against Karim Massimov was completed.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Berik Asylov, said that the ex-head of the KNB could be sentenced to 17 years in prison.

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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:18:27 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Unemployment in EAEU decreased markedly in September</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of unemployed registered in the employment services of the states of the Eurasian Economic Union, as of the end of September 2022, amounted to 1,011.2 thousand people. Their number decreased by 18% compared to the same date in 2021, the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission wrote, Rhythm of Eurasia reports.

Number of unemployed by countries: Armenia 51.0 thousand people, Belarus - 6.0 thousand people, Kazakhstan - 256.9 thousand people, Kyrgyzstan - 75.7 thousand people, Russia - 621.6 thousand pers.

Thus, the number of unemployed is 1.1% of the labor force. In 2021, this figure was 1.3%, the report says.

According to the latest available data, in accordance with the methodology of the International Labor Organization, the unemployment rate in the EAEU was estimated at 4.2% of the labor force (Q2 2022), including in Armenia - 13.0% (Q2 2022). .), Belarus - 3.4% (III quarter of 2022), Kazakhstan - 4.9% (II quarter of 2022), Kyrgyzstan - 5.3% (2021), Russia -]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:42:04 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Pensions in Kyrgyzstan to raise to subsistence level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chairman of the Social Fund of Kyrgyzstan Baktiyar Aliyev said that the Fund is making efforts to fulfill the constitutional requirement that the minimum pension be no less than the subsistence level. He said this at a meeting of the Committee on Budget, Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, reports the Akchabar portal.

Aliyev recalled that since October this year, pensions have been increased by 33%, and said that a further increase in pensions is planned for next year.

As of October 1, 2022, the number of recipients of pensions in the republic amounted to 735.9 thousand people. They spent 5 billion 795.3 million soms on payments in October.

The total expenditures of the budget of the Social Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic for nine months amounted to 49 billion 676.4 million soms. Relative to the same period in 2021, budget expenditures increased by 5 billion 181 million soms, or by 111.6%.

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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:39:11 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Россия и Узбекистан работают над облегчением денежных переводов</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Узбекистан и Россия работают над облегчением условий проведения денежных переводов для туристов из РФ, заявил председатель правления Центрального банка Узбекистана Мамаризо Нурмуратов, сообщает агентство РИА Новости.

Об этом он заявил с Самарканде, где проходит II международный экономический форум.

"Эта работа идет по линии денежных трансграничных переводов или быстрых платежей", - сказал Нурмуратов в кулуарах форума,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:19:07 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Релоканты из России увеличили рост ожидаемой инфляции в Казахстане</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Перед властями страны стоит непростая задача: извлечь выгоду из притока денежного и человеческого капитала, но избежать перегрева рынка

В Казахстане, Армении, Грузии, Азербайджане и других странах постсоветского пространства, куда после начала войны на Украине и частичной мобилизации уехали сотни тысяч россиян, растут инфляционные ожидания населения. Об этом говорится в обзоре ведущего экономиста по развивающимся рынкам Oxford Economics Татьяны Орловой, с которым ознакомился РБК,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:01:11 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/relokanty-iz-rossii-uvelichili-rost-ozhidaemoi-infliatcii-v-kazakhstane/</link>

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		<title>Казахстан ратифицировал договор о морской государственной границе с Туркменистаном на Каспии</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Закон о ратификации договора с Туркменистаном о делимитации туркмено-казахской государственной границы на Каспийском море и разграничении смежных участков рыболовных зон подписал в среду президент Казахстана Касым-Жомарт Токаев. Соглашение между странами было подписано в Ашхабаде в октябре 2021 года, – сообщает пресс-служба главы Казахстана.

Документ регламентирует разграничение по принципу срединной линии – этого метода придерживаются в современном международном морском праве для разделения пространств между государствами с противолежащими]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:56:16 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Запасы зерна под урожай-2023 в Таджикистане в 2 раза превышают потребности</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Запасы семян зерновых под урожай 2023 года в Таджикистане более чем в 2 раза превышают потребности. При необходимых 41 тыс. тонн в наличии имеются 86,8 тыс. тонн семян, сообщает «ASIA-Plus» со ссылкой на данные Управления семеноводства и селекционных достижений Минсельхоза Таджикистана.

Из общего объема семенного фонда на семена пшеницы приходится 77,6 тыс. тонн, ячменя – 8,5 тыс. тонн, овса - 44 тонны, бобовых культур - 610 тонн.

В то же время, ведомство отмечает проблемы с качеством накопленных семян. 42% от указанного количества семенного фонда – это обычные,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:17:12 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Власти Кыргызстана приостановили работу сайта «Азаттык Медиа»</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Министерство культуры, информации, спорта и молодежной политики приняло решение приостановить работу сайта «Азаттык Медиа» на два месяца. Об этом сообщила пресс-служба Минкультуры КР.

Отмечается, что это решение – реакция на сюжет в передаче «Настоящее время. Азия» (подразделение телеканала «Настоящее время», базирующееся в Бишкеке).

По версии Минкультуры, в сюжете под названием «Тяжёлые бои на границе Кыргызстана и Таджикистана» содержатся «элементы языка вражды, неподтвержденная информация о якобы нападении кыргызской стороны на Таджикистан,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:39:04 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>В Ташкенте 93% вредных выбросов в атмосферу приходится на автомобили</title>
		<description><![CDATA[58% (1,4 млн тонн) вредных выбросов в атмосферу в республике приходится на автомобили, в Ташкенте этот показатель составляет 93% (397 тыс. тонн). Об этом говорилось в ходе пресс-конференции в АИМК с участием председателя Госкомэкологии Н.Обломуродова, главы центра Узгидромет Ш.Хабибуллаева и других, сообщает портал Uznews.uz.

В связи с этим в настоящее время введен порядок ввоза новых автомобилей, соответствующих экологическим категориям Евро-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:53:34 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Вид на жительство в Казахстане: цена – $300 тыс.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Как передает агентство КазТАГ, лицам, инвестировавшим более $300 тыс. в Казахстан, могут начать выдавать вид на жительство.

«В соответствии с посланием президента Республики Казахстан от 1 сентября 2022 года на данном этапе ведется работа по разработке законопроекта, направленного на предоставление возможности получения визы на 10 лет зарубежным бизнесменам, инвестировавшим в экономику Казахстана более $300 тыс., с правом получения вида на жительство», - сообщил вице-премьер – министр торговли и интеграции Казахстана Серик Жумангарин,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:02:55 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/vid-na-zhitel-stvo-v-kazakhstane-tcena-300-tys/</link>

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		<title>Куланакское ГЭС – первое звено в строительстве серии малых ГЭС в Кыргызстане</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Капсула под начало строительства ГЭС в селе Куланак Нарынской области заложена. Этот символический акт совершил президент КР Садыр Жапаров. 

Он подчеркнул, что руководство страны делает акцент на развитии экономики государства за счет строительства новых гидроэлектростанций. «Обеспечение энергетической независимости и безопасности страны - одна из наших главных задач. Конечно, мы прилагаем все усилия, чтобы эти цели не остались лишь на бумаге… В настоящее время мы изучаем различные направления развития возобновляемых источников энергии.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:11:06 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/kulanakskoe-vodokhranilishe/</link>

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		<title>Пограничная служба КР: таджикская сторона провоцирует людей на неправомерные действия</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Обнародовано заявление Пограничной службы Государственного комитета национальной безопасности Кыргызской Республики в ответ на информацию Пограничных войск ГКНБ Республики Таджикистан.

Если его резюмировать, то, по мнению кыргызских пограничников, Таджикистан не соблюдает договорённости и продолжает стягивать вооружение и военных к линии границы, говорится в сообщении портала Ритмевразия.

В заявлении, в частности,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:26:42 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/pogranichnaia-sluzhba-kr-tadzhikskaia-storona-provotciruet-liudei-na-nepravomernye-deistviia/</link>

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		<title>Zakon: До 15% выросла годовая инфляция в Казахстане</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Заместитель председателя Национального банка РК Акылжан Баймагамбетов на заседании правительства сообщил о сохраняющемся высоком инфляционном давлении в экономике, передает корреспондент Zakon.kz.
В июле темпы роста месячной инфляции в Казахстане замедлились до 1,1 с 1,6% месяцем ранее, хотя все еще оставались на высокими. В среднем в июле за последние пять лет месячная инфляция составляла 0,3%. Замедление роста цен произошло под влиянием сезонного удешевления плодовоовощной продукции.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:04:52 +0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://centralasianlight.org/news/cn2022-10-21-2/</link>

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