Edward has already covered the major bit of world news that I was going to blog on and nothing leaped out at me on the domestic political front*, so I’m going to do some quick links then hit the sack.
First off, Argus (my go-to blog on all things Uzbek) has two posts up that offer up some badly-needed potential good news on the human rights front. Short version: the country’s under pressure to reform its practices or face the loss of US foreign aid, and Freedom House is using this to get monitors trained by them into the prisons (Nathan’s earlier link is broken; here’s a summary). Excellent news, if it pans out.
Moe
*But just in case I missed something I’ll be tossing up an open thread on domestic politics, too. Everybody play nice…