Unscrupulous people, who have a criminal record for financial abuse, continue to work in senior positions in leading organizations in Uzbekistan. The reaction of the state to this is weak. The initiative group “Careful people with disabilities” circulated a statement on the social network in which they try to draw the attention of all concerned […]
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 […]
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the Third Periodic Report of Uzbekistan at its meetings held on February 22-24, 2022, and adopted concluding observations on March 4, 2022. The Committee deplores reports of property expropriation, house demolitions and forced evictions in view of urban development projects. It’s also concerned about reports […]
The Public Foundation “Common cause” conducted a study to determine the level of confidence of Kyrgyzstan’s citizens in the parliamentary elections held in November 2021. As part of this sociological study, the Foundation collected the opinions of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic about how they relate to the past elections of parliamentarians and how much […]
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 […]
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan ruled to rehabilitate 120 people who became victims of the Bolshevik terror in the 1920s and 1930s. The first act of rehabilitation of the repressed was committed in August last year on the eve of Independence Day. Then six criminal cases were considered on the acquittal of 115 people. Some […]
On January 9, at about noon, activist Daniyar Khudaibergenov was detained in the city of Chimbay (Karakalpakstan). Local law enforcement agencies demanded an explanation from him for publishing a post on a social network in support of peaceful protesters in Kazakhstan. According to the opposition information center “Shirak”, he was first summoned to the city […]
Before the presidential elections on October 24, the authorities carried out several operations to block the activities of citizens who critically assess the rights and freedoms in the country. Karakalpak activists reported on the arrest of a colleague on October 18. In Nukus, Omirbek Kurbanov was taken from his house to the Municipal Internal Affairs […]
After being signed by the President, the Law on amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Responsibility came into force on October 5, increasing the punishment for resisting a representative of the government. As the ACCA previously wrote, the Senate approved the law without public details. Now, the updated article 219 of […]
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