For more than 25 years, Uzbekistan’s National Security Service (SNB) was the most feared law enforcement body in Uzbekistan. So when Shavkat Mirziyoev took over as president and soon moved to not only rein in the SNB but criticize and humiliate the security service for years of abuse, the people of Uzbekistan welcomed the SNB’s relegation.
RFE/RL: Uzbekistan’s new security powerhouse – the National Guard
This archive photo shows an officer of Uzbek special police forces guarding on a road outside Tashkent.
