June 27 is the Day of press and media workers in Uzbekistan. The authoritative international human rights organization “Amnesty International” has published a special report on how “Uzbekistan attracts foreign bloggers to its side and shuts up local ones”. “In recent years, Uzbekistan has been opening up to the world and wants to bring the […]
The coalition against torture of Kyrgyzstan sent an open letter to the President. Human rights activists ask the head of state to reject amendments to the Criminal Law that prohibit Kyrgyz citizens from challenging court decisions in international instances. On June 25, the Kyrgyz Parliament, in a hurry, without sufficient serious elaboration and discussion, adopted […]
On June 25, the Kyrgyz Parliament voted for the scandalous bill “On the manipulation of information” initiated by MPs Gulshat Asylbaeva and Ainura Osmonova. The adopted document introduces Internet censorship in the republic. Contrary to the protests … The day before the vote on this bill, the Kyrgyz citizens organized an online protest on Facebook’s […]
Another unpleasant fact concerning the penitentiary system of Kazakhstan was declared by the well-known human rights activist Elena Semenova. A short video, which was sent to her from the colony, shows how the prison guards beat the prisoner with a baton. According to Semenova, the incident was occurred in the institution ИЧ-167/2. This is the […]
According to various estimates, from 100 to 300 people (journalists, human rights activists and civic activists) gathered near the Parliament’s building. The reason was the bill “On the manipulation of information”, which was authored by MP Gulshat Asylbaeva. The bill proposes to prohibit the dissemination of false and doubtful information, as well as to close […]
On June 23, the public foundation “Voice of Freedom”, the partner group “Precedent” and the association “Smart citizen (Zharan)” filed an administrative lawsuit to the Inter-District court to challenge the actions of the Parliament’s speaker Dastanbek Dzhumabekov. It is noted that on June 18, Dastanbek Dzhumabekov took a vote concerning the draft bill on […]
The injured party in the human rights defender’s case is the State Committee for National Security, which, in violation of the law, is investigating its own case against Ruziev. Human rights activists are perplexed. According to them, the State Committee for National Security cannot deal with the case of Ruziev, due to the fact that […]
The Anti-Corruption Agency of Tajikistan detained an employee of the Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and his accomplices for receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to the press service of the Anti-Corruption Agency, the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Amrullo Mirzoev, in a preliminary conspiracy with Sino […]
The Regional Prosecutor’s office reported a large-scale theft in Samarkand city branch of the Pension Fund. The inspector of the institution was charged with 15 episodes of embezzlement of funds from the Fund in the amount of $27 000. The alleged offender, whose name is not called, developed a theft scheme using a special computer […]
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