At the end of March of this year, under the pretext of public danger, the authorities detained 68-year-old Shaberdi-hadji Suyunov from the mahalla gathering of citizens “Surkhon sokhili” in Kumkurgan district of Surkhandarya region. Independent Uzbek journalist Ulugbek Khaydarov (Ulugbek Ashur), who is an emigrant, spoke about this in an episode of the video program […]
On April 19, 2022, law enforcement officers intended to search the house of human rights activist Agzam Turgunov in his absence. This was reported by the Association “Human Rights in Central Asia” (France). At 9 am, several employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (one in uniform, three in civilian clothes) came when the human […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
On January 20, the first court hearing in the case of blogger Miraziz Bazarov was held at the District Court for Criminal Cases of Mirabad (Tashkent region). The process started 40 minutes late, then the court representative told journalists and activists that they wouldn’t be allowed to attend the hearing. According to a reporter from […]
On August 26, activist Sagandyk Nurimbetov from Karakalpak disappeared from a clinic in Tashkent, where he wanted to undergo a 10-day course of treatment. Staff of the medical facility assured human rights activists that he left the building to visit his relatives and disappeared. After the leader of the initiative group “Human Rights Alliance of […]
On July 24, the authorities evicted the family of Muhammadamin Ermatov (14 people) from the house. Before that they forced the owners to sue a member of the initiative group of the new political party “Hakikat, Tarakkiyot va Birdamlik” (“Justice, Development and Solidarity”). One of the party’s sympathizers posted a video about the eviction process […]
On July 15, the Court of Appeal of Samarkand’s representatives left the sentence of Otabek Sattoriy unchanged. Previously, the blogger was sentenced to 6.5 years, after which the lawyer gave notice of appeal. The panel of judges ruled to return to him two apartments, the acquisition of which he was accused of corruption by the […]
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