Jezebel: Uzbekistan

Malaysia, Uzbekistan Go After Valentine's Day, Probably Hate Romance

Madeleine Davies — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:10:00 EST

It's de rigueur to hate on Valentine's Day these days, but the countries of Malaysia and Uzbekistan are taking it to a whole new level by either canceling the holiday all together or arresting couples looking to shack up. More »

Whirly/Gig

Anna Holmes — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:10:00 EDT

[New Delhi, September 29. Image via Getty]

World's Oldest Woman

Maria — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST

The Interior Ministry official of Uzbekistan says that Tuty Yusupova, a 128-year-old Uzbek woman, may be the world's oldest woman although her age has not been officially recognized. [UPI] More »

The British Ambassador, The Uzbek Stripper And The Dictator Who Boils Men Alive

Moe — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:30:23 EST

Perhaps you remember hearing things about Uzbekistan, such as: it was catapulted to "important American ally" status after 9/11 for its border with Afghanistan; they employ torture there; by torturing I mean "boiling a man to death" torture; these and other human rights abuses were brought to light by a British ambassador Craig Murray; Craig Murray was basically forced to resign. Well, it is more complicated than that. He was forced to resign, he thinks, because he stumbled upon the American "extraordinary rendition" program, whereby terror suspects are flown for questioning to countries where they can, say, boil people. But it did not help that also, he was sort of a drunk who left his wife for an Uzbek heroin addict's daugher who stripped at a North Korean club and was dating a 19-year-old American soldier when first she laid eyes on him.:

He took a seat in a booth with two Russian girls, but he kept looking to the stage, where she was dancing. Meeting his eyes, she thought, "Who is that old foreigner? Does he have any money?