Human rights organizations have prepared a report on the situation of children and mothers in prison for publication at the 91st session of the UN Committee on the rights of child. Representatives of the initiative groups “Open Line” and “House of Human Rights” from Uzbekistan, the Association “Human Rights in Central Asia” (AHRCA, France) with […]
Two suicide attempts by prisoners in colony No. 49 (Almalyk, Tashkent region) were recorded by human rights activists from the initiative groups of Klara Sakharova and Tatyana Dovlatova. Khodjiakbar Sultanboev opened his veins on August 6, he was quickly bandaged and sent to a punishment cell. Already there, on August 9, he tried to hang […]
The story about the attempted suicide of a prisoner in colony No. 7 in Tavaksay (Tashkent region) was replenished with another episode. As human rights activists found out, a certain Timur also decided to commit suicide along with Alisher Yakubov. On July 25, fleeing from persecution by the head of the colony, Sharafutdin Usmanov, they […]
The system for using electronic bracelets will be operational by December 1, 2024. The decision of the Cabinet of Ministers was adopted to “prevent the escape of persons suspected of committing a crime, to whom a measure of restraint in the form of imprisonment has been applied.” It is planned to equip all escort units […]
The fifth day continues the hunger strike in colony-7 (Tavaksay, Tashkent region) prisoner Sarvar Tashmukhamedov. The reason was the beating by the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in retaliation for communicating with human rights activists. On July 1, the leader of the human rights group, Klara Sakharova, and the head of the Open […]
Torture against prisoners in colony No.6 (Papskiy district, Namangan region) is a common practice of prison staff. This was confirmed by independent human rights activists in the course of alternative monitoring of the observance of the law in penitentiary institutions. In most cases, the victims don’t protest, fearing reprisals. The mother of the convicted Ruslan […]
New facts of illegal seizure of products from parcels for prisoners and moral humiliation were discovered by human rights activists from the initiative group “Open line”. This was reported by the mother of the convict Oybek Kamalov, who is serving his term in penal colony No. 3 (Shaikhali, Kashkadarya region). Zulfiya Kamalova is outraged that […]
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 20, the Ombudsman’s press service issued a report on the situation with respect for the rule of law in penitentiary institutions. It appeared after the ACCA’s publication “Uzbekistan: convicts are beaten and forced to give false testimony” on April 19. In it and in previous articles, the ACCA human rights portal emphasized the […]
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