Topic: Uzbekistan

A row over Uzbekistan's stand on HIV-AIDS erupted Thursday hours ahead of a celebrity fund-raising gala held at the Cannes film festival each year.In an open letter, French media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) denounced the scheduled attendance at the ...
An AIDS outbreak at two children's hospitals in Uzbekistan has killed at least 14 children and left 133 infected with HIV, according to a documentary posted on a respected Central Asian news Web site on Monday.The editor of Ferghana.ru said the 2007 ...
An AIDS activist in Uzbekistan has been sentenced to seven years in prison for writing a brochure that authorities said would promote antisocial behaviour, activists said Thursday.Maxim Popov was convicted last September, his colleagues told AFP, but his case only came to ...