28.09.2022
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Uzbekistan: Activists were sentenced to house arrest

A month later, it became known that on February 18, the criminal court of the city of Almalyk decided to restrict freedom for a period of 5 years under house arrest for 70-year-old activist Karomat Ashirova. The same fate befell her colleague – 45-year-old Zukhra Abdurakhmanova. The authorities intimidated anyone who could disseminate this information […]

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Uzbekistan: The court upheld the sentence of the 75-year-old oppositionist

On March 16, the City Court of Tashkent upheld the verdict of the first instance, according to which Vazira Egamberdiyeva must pay a fine of $125. On February 24, in the administrative court of Mirzo-Ulugbek district of the capital, she was found guilty of committing an offense under part 1 of article 202 (“Creating conditions […]

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Uzbekistan: Bloggers were denied a fair trial

On March 10, the City Court of Appeal in Tashkent considered the case of blogger Fozilkhodzhi Arifkhodzhaev and upheld the verdict. This was announced by human rights activist Abdurahmon Tashanov. On January 26, the criminal court of Almazar district of Tashkent passed a sentence against a religious blogger and found him guilty under paragraph “d” […]

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Uzbekistan: The Court of Appeal uphold the verdict of the journalist

On February 16, the Regional Court of Samarkand for Criminal Cases confirmed the legality of the punishment of Anastasia Pavlenko. On January 18, the City Court recognized her as a slanderer and fined her $530. The journalist suffered for her sincere desire to save the house of Pavel Benkov, the founder of easel painting in […]

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Uzbekistan: Officers of the Internal Affairs Department forced the deputy to participate in the meeting

On February 14, employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of Andijan district forcibly forced a deputy of the local council, Sardor Kasymov, to participate in the meeting. This was reported on the Telegram channel Soyadagi siyosatchilar (Politicians in the shadow). The information was confirmed by the deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Uzbek […]

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Uzbekistan: blogger was sentenced to three years for insulting President

On February 3, the District Court of Khazarasp in Khorezm region sentenced blogger Sobirjon Boboniyazov to three years in prison. He is known in Khorezm region as an active member of the blogging community on the social network. Abdurakhman Tashanov, head of the human rights society “Ezgulik”, reports that the network activist paid for his […]

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Uzbekistan: head of Samarkand region promises to pay journalists for criticism

Hokim of the region Mr. Turdimov intends to pay journalists, bloggers and activists for critical materials. A video of his speech has been posted on the Telegram channel of the local media Zarnews.uz, in which he promises material support from February 15 for providing relevant media content. According to the ACCA expert, “the proposal of […]

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Uzbekistan: human rights defenders are beaten and persecuted

On January 26, Tatyana Dovlatova was attacked and tried to knock out her smartphone by the chairman of the citizens’ assembly in Rakatbashi mahalla. The human rights activist broadcast live on a social network and talked about lawlessness in this part of Tashkent, where Sattor Rakhimov feels like a sovereign owner and illegally disposes of […]

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Uzbekistan: blogger Bazarov was sentenced to three years of restriction of freedom

On January 21, the court found Miraziz Bazarov guilty under clause “г” [“d”] of part 3 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan (“Slander for mercenary or other vile motives), as a result: restriction of freedom for a period of three years, starting from the moment of house arrest – from April 29, […]

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