News Islam Karimov won a ‘sham election' in a state condemned for torture and corruption, say critics, who fear it will now get worse.The electoral commission reported a whopping 91.08% turnout. To no one's surprise, the incumbent president won another five-year term, with 90.39% of the vote even though the constitution stipulates a two-term maximum for heads of state. Criticism by observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in…

Anadolu Ajansi wrote on 29/04/2015 under the title: "The fight against the Parallel structure will continue with determination": The National Security Council (MGK) convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that emphasized the determined continuation of the fight against the parallel structure and illegal formations. The written statement released after the regular NSC meeting in April under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported that discussions held…

News For the past several weeks, media have been reporting shocking news of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Several people were killed and 5,000 left homeless since the attacks erupted several weeks ago against other Africans and Asians. The Government of South Africa deployed its army to volatile areas to prevent attacks on foreigners. More than 10,000 people took into the streets of Durban to protest against the violence. Local…

This letter was escaped from Andijan Prison on 12.12.2005: Letter From Andijan This place, awakening after the morning adhan (prayer call), is not a mosque or a madrassah. This is the Andijan prison, which is rightly prided by its personnel for being at par with Jaslyk and Qorovul-bozor prisons for torturing the prisoners, for scoring second after prisons where death sentences are executed. Just as the prison did serve the…