Exhiled poet and dissident politician from Uzbekistan Mohamed Salih has now his own site. It is in three language and contains his interviews, speaches, letters of prisoners to him, news and poetry in Russian, Uzbek and English. Address: http://muhammadsalih.com/
Renowed Uzbek poet and author of the acclaimed novel Railway, Hamid Ismailov revisits his Kyrgyz-Uzbek family background in light of the tragic events in the Osh and Jalal-Abat regions of South Kyrgyzstan. In his BBC writer-in-residency blog he reminds us that "in these kinds of tragic events... everyone loses". Read the blog here
"Light Thief" of Aktan Arym Kubat, one of the most prominent Kyrgyz film-makers, has been screened at 63rd Film Festival in Cannes May 14th, 2010. A critic called "Light Thief" a bumpy mix of poetry, naivete and documentary set in little-known Kyrgyzstan."
People’s Writer of Uzbekistan Adil Yakubov has died December 21. Born in Kazakhstan in 1926, he was celebrated for his numerous novels and short stories, as well as for his raising pressing issues of his country.
Tashkent based Umida Akhmedova was interrogated by authorities in November on request of the Media and Information Agency of Uzbekistan which accused her of slandering and insulting “the Uzbek nation”. If found guilty, Mrs. Akhmedova may be sentenced up to three years of forced work or imprisoned for six month.
Renowed Uzbek poet and author of the acclaimed novel Railway, Hamid Ismailov revisits his Kyrgyz-Uzbek family background in light of the tragic events in the Osh and Jalal-Abat regions of South Kyrgyzstan. In his BBC writer-in-residency blog he reminds us that "in these kinds of tragic events... everyone loses". Read the blog 
Tashkent based Umida Akhmedova was interrogated by authorities in November on request of the Media and Information Agency of Uzbekistan which accused her of slandering and insulting “the Uzbek nation”. If found guilty, Mrs. Akhmedova may be sentenced up to three years of forced work or imprisoned for six month.