Uzbekistan’s Education Ministry has warned students against paying intermediaries for university places after arrests in Namangan, Tashkent, Bukhara and Khorezm exposed a pattern of fraud involving sums ranging from 18 million soums to $7,500.
A new Uzbek law bars employers from disciplining civil-servant whistleblowers for two years without prior Anti-Corruption Agency approval, while also protecting their identities, relatives and physical safety.
