The social history of of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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- The Dungan of Uzbekistan
- Dialog on the CenAsia list, February 1996. The Dungan
people live largely in Qirghizstan, Qazaqstan, Western
China. The brief dialog offers a few citations.
- Uzbekistan Turns its Back on Battered
- Human Rights Watch, 10 July 2001. Uzbek women battered by
their husbands have little hope of protection from the
government. Uzbek authorities routinely force women to
remain in violent marriages, blocking their access to
divorce and strong-arming them to return to their
- Uzbekistan's health nightmare
- By Rory Mulholland in Urgench, Uzbekistan, BBC News,
Sunday, 12 August 2001. A survey last year in the
southeastern province of Khorezm revealed that three out of
every four children are sick. The decline began decades ago,
when Soviet planners began turning this arid land into a
primary producer of cotton, a crop that demands huge
quantities of water.