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On December 7, the U.S. State Department
announced it was removing Uzbekistan from the Special Watch List of Religious Freedom Violators due to what the State Department called concrete progress made by the Uzbek government over the past year.
Under President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who was elected on December 4, 2016, Uzbekistan has made some progress addressing the long list of rights violations that came to characterize the Uzbek government under Mirziyoev s predecessor, Islam Karimov.
But people see this progress differently. Some hail what they see as major breakthroughs, but others view it as small and slow change.
On this week s Majlis Podcast, RFE/RL Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderates a discussion that looks at changes in Uzbekistan since Mirzioyev came to power.