Insults, Slander and Human Rights: Uzbek Bloggers Pay a Heavy Price for Exercising Freedom of Speech
An amendment to Uzbekistan’s criminal code that criminalizes online public insult or slander of...
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Feb 9, 2022 | Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights News
An amendment to Uzbekistan’s criminal code that criminalizes online public insult or slander of...
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As events in Kazakhstan continue to spook neighboring Central Asian countries whose populations...
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A new report by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (Uzbek Forum), Punitive Psychiatric Detention in...
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On February 4, 2021 President Mirziyoyev made the following public statement to journalists: “You...
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The Special Commission on Combating Covid-19 has strengthened quarantine measures throughout...
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On the fifteenth anniversary of the Andijan massacre in May 2005 that killed an estimated 500...
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Uzbek prison guard: “Your life costs only 50 cents. It is a price of a piece of paper used to...
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Amendments expand the power of the prosecutor to conduct surveillance of communications between...
Read MoreApr 16, 2020 | Forced Labor, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights News, Other sectors, Our Programs
By Ishita Petkar and Lynn Schweisfurth In recent years, Uzbekistan has embarked on a...
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The latest refusal by the Uzbek authorities to register Chiroq, an independent human rights...
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For anyone following the reform process in Uzbekistan, it is apparent that the country is changing...
Read MoreFeb 18, 2020 | Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights News, Our Programs
On February 17, Deputy Minister of the Interior, Aziz Ikramov, made a public statement that...
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