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Uzbekistan: How the Uzbek Government Maintains a Choke-Hold over the Internet
BY DEIRDRE TYNAN
In Uzbekistan, responsibility for controlling the web begins at the cabinet level and ends with plainclothes police officers who physically intimidate internet cafe owners and customers.

ALMANAC FACTS

Area: 447,001 sq km (172,588 sq mi)
Population: 26,410,416
Capital: Tashkent 2,107,000
President: Islam Abduganievich Karimov
Religion: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Life Expectancy: 64 years
GDP per capita: $1,700
 

 

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