The overwhelming majority of former political prisoners, who were released, didn’t receive any assistance from the state. This is stated in a special report published by the International Federation of Human Rights in support of the right of political prisoners in Uzbekistan to effective restoration of rights and compensation for damages. According to the authors […]
The screening in Sweden ended the world premiere of the documentary “Only the devil lives without hope”. Its hero was Iskandar Khudaibergenov, who was sentenced to death in Uzbekistan during the repressions. For the first time, viewers saw the film in March 2020. It was in Copenhagen (Denmark). Since then, it has been shown in […]
On December 19, the online newspaper Anhor.uz published the article “Let’s look into the past” about the recent history of religious fanaticism in Uzbekistan. It remained available for several hours and then disappeared. Online newspaper “News of Uzbekistan” posted the material on its page. The author Mansur Ibragimov anxiously assesses “the consequences of the way […]
On October 13, at the UN General Assembly, Uzbekistan for the first time became one of the 15 new members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three-year term, starting from January 1, 2021. The situation among the applicants was clearly in favor of Uzbekistan. From Asia, five countries applied for the four […]
The authoritative religious figure Rukhiddin Fakhriddinov was released on parole. He was sentenced in 2006 to 17 years under four articles of the Criminal Code as a repeat offender. Rukhiddin was the last on the list of political prisoners of the 2014 EU resolution. On August 27, he returned home. Together with him, activists Rustam […]
Law enforcement officers reacted to two pickets of human rights groups by force. On March 17, during a rally of the women’s initiative group for human rights near the Main Directorate for the Execution of Punishments spread out the banner “Traitors of the country in the Main Directorate for the Execution of Punishments deceive the […]
The authorities partially admitted their failure to fight ISIS propaganda, which killed hundreds of women in Uzbekistan. This was said by Uzbek speakers at the international conference in Tashkent to study the experience of Uzbekistan concerning the rehabilitation and reintegration of citizens who returned from Syria and Iraq. The keynote at the conference was the […]
Saidbek Azimov, representative of the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Human Rights, said that there are no “black lists” of extremists in the country. During the meeting of the international press club in Tashkent, he assured the audience of the freedom of opinion held by citizens of Uzbekistan. Experts in Uzbekistan believe that Azimov’s statement […]
In Tashkent, Botir Madaminov was sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was accused of belonging to three groups, which Uzbekistan considers dangerous to state security. Now several more persons accused of extremism and terrorism are preparing for trial. According to the accusation, B. Madaminov was an adherent of the religious extremist movement “Jihadism”, “Islamic […]
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