Free Speech Advocates Question Sincerity of Promised Uzbek Reforms - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

When Shavkat Mirziyoyev replaced longtime strongman Islam Karimov as Uzbekistan’s president in 2016, he promised democratic reforms, openness and accountability. But a key element of those reforms — a proposed rewrite of the country’s 31-year-old constitution ­— has democracy advocates asking whether it is a step forward or back. Uzbek lawmakers gave nearly unanimous approval…

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