Censorship Uzbekistan – ACCA

Uzbekistan: Activists from Karakalpakstan were detained in Almaty

ACCA — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:03:49 +0000

On September 13, unknown people detained Karakalpak activists. This was reported by the Information center “Shirak”, based outside of Uzbekistan. Several men in civilian clothes are said to have taken Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov, leader of the Azatlyk Party of Karakalpakstan, out of a rented apartment in Almaty. “We don’t know the location of Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov. Activists […]

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Uzbekistan: Authorities mocking an employee of the Committee to Protect Journalists

ACCA — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:55:53 +0000

For five hours on August 30, the country’s authorities held the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) program coordinator in Europe and Central Asia, Gulnoza Said, at the airport. An employee of the organization was initially denied entry and ordered to remain in the transit zone until the departure of the flight to New York, scheduled […]

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Uzbekistan: corrupt official threatens to kill human rights activist

ACCA — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:25:37 +0000

The former head of the Rakatboshi Citizens’ Assembly (Tashkent) threatened to kill the leader of the Open Line group, Tatyana Dovlatova after a criminal case was opened against him. The human rights activist sought this for several years after she convicted Sattor Rakhimov of misappropriation of budgetary funds and illegal use of real estate on […]

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Uzbekistan: arrests of journalists and bloggers in Karakalpakstan continue

ACCA — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:24:15 +0000

The number of repressed journalists in Karakalpakstan is growing as information from the region comes in. At the moment, it is known about five detained or arrested media workers. There is no information about the fate of Bakhtiyar Kadirbergenov and Mustafa Tursinbaev, journalists of the newspaper El Khyzmetinde (In the Service of the People), who […]

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Uzbekistan: blogger tortured with electric shock for opinions on constitutional amendments

ACCA — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:21:36 +0000

On June 26, Karakalpak blogger Kural Rametov published critical comments on the amendments to the Constitution of Uzbekistan on social networks. Shortly thereafter, law enforcement officers detained him at his workplace. According to non-governmental sources of the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, France), the Interior Ministry officers tortured him with electric shocks. […]

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Uzbekistan: 18 killed, 243 injured during protests in Karakalpakstan

ACCA — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:16:44 +0000

Events from June 26 to July 2 culminated in a bloody finale in Nukus when the protests were violently suppressed by special forces soldiers. They were promptly delivered to the capital of Karakalpakstan by military aircraft. Official Tashkent considered local law enforcement officers insufficiently loyal and unprepared for forceful suppression. Groups of young people tried […]

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Uzbekistan: Authorities detained 73-year-old journalist Zokir Hasanzoda

ACCA — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:10:43 +0000

On June 24, 73-year-old journalist and writer Zokir Hasanzoda was detained in Samarkand region. He was taken to the Regional Department of Internal Affairs, but the admission of his lawyer was refused. Relatives reported diabetes and two heart attacks of the detained journalist. In addition, after the detention, the journalist wasn’t fed, which could drastically […]

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Uzbekistan: Independent website was subjected to DDoS attack after government criticism

ACCA — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:37:57 +0000

One of the few independent online media, Asiaterra, was attacked by hooligans, after which the host owner turned off the site. The incident began on June 16 and continues to this day. According to Asiaterra’s editor Aleksey Volosevich, he will be given IP addresses and the number of attackers, but he has no doubt that […]

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Uzbekistan: Law enforcement officers beat journalists

ACCA — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:32:25 +0000

On June 11, in the presence of numerous witnesses, journalists of the Uzbek TV channel Sevimli were attacked. It was first reported on Zamon news program, but then the post was deleted. The material in Uzbek was downloaded by the victims’ colleagues and spread on the social network; later the details of the incident became […]

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Uzbekistan: Authorities propose to tighten control over journalists and bloggers

ACCA — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:39:56 +0000

Another announcement by the Agency for Information and Mass Communications (AIMC) under the Presidential Administration reinforced the efforts of the authorities to control the distribution of content online. According to the online media Daryo.uz, in turn referring to the speech of the director of the Agency Asadjon Khojaev at the 26th plenary session of the […]

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