25/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for progress on freedom of expression. During the ninth session of the annual EU-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights on Tuesday 24 November, the European Union “encouraged” Uzbekistan to ease restrictions on the press, on civil society and on religious groups. It also asked the authorities of Uzbekistan to release all imprisoned human rights defenders, and stated its serious concern about the reports of bad detention conditions and bad treatment or...