Zack on January 19th, 2009

If the only news you usually get is from CNN or Fox News, you are tragically missing out on what’s going on in the world. There are about 29 million people in Uzbekistan, a country run by a KGB hitman thug. Karimov’s cruelty and lack of respect for his fellow man is mirrored down through [...]

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Zack on November 13th, 2008

I just came across yet another article about child labor in Uzbekistan*. Here’s how it starts: Despite signing two international treaties and adopting domestic legislation prohibiting the use of child labor, Uzbekistan continued to rely on a “state-orchestrated mass mobilization of children to bring in the 2008 cotton harvest,” a new report has found. By [...]

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Zack on September 16th, 2008

Take a minute and read this article about human rights in Uzbekistan, a country of 30 million people run by a ruthless murderer. Here’s an excerpt: The case against Turgunov sends a chilling message to other activists that working for justice is a dangerous business in Uzbekistan. Despite the recent release of several other activists, [...]

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Zack on August 22nd, 2008

I posted another round of photos from my time in Uzbekistan (Read the original post here about where these are coming from). As I said before, I will gladly sell these to you in any format for any price, and all profits will go to supporting the Kingdom of Jesus in Central Asia. See the [...]

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Zack on August 12th, 2008

Most of my friends know that I spent a year in Uzbekistan, and that I would give a lot to go back. I posted a bazillion pics from my trip when I first came home, but the server I used for those has become bogged down with spam, and most of the folks who read [...]

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Zack on July 25th, 2008

I would give a lot to be waking up in Samarkand today. I would walk down the street to get break baked just a few minutes ago, and I would come home and eat it for breakfast with sweet milk and tea. Or I would fast and walk around the city all day and pray [...]

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Zack on June 27th, 2008

A Protestant from north-west Uzbekistan, Jandos Kuandikov, was arrested on 14 June and is still in detention before facing criminal trial on terrorism charges, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Uzbek police have also recently falsely accused a Protestant refugee in Kazakhstan of terrorism charges. Amongst other recent violations of freedom of thought, conscience and [...]

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