Remembering Andijan
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Andijan massacre in May 2005 that killed an estimated 500...
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Fundamental Freedoms
On the other side of the fence: Report on human rights monitoring in places of detention in Uzbekistan
Uzbek prison guard: “Your life costs only 50 cents. It is a price of a piece of paper used to...
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Uzbekistan: New Law Further Undermines Lawyer Client Confidentiality
Amendments expand the power of the prosecutor to conduct surveillance of communications between...
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Can communities lead their own development in places where civil society is severely restricted? Development banks think so.
By Ishita Petkar and Lynn Schweisfurth In recent years, Uzbekistan has embarked on a...
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Failure to Register – Please Submit Again: Uzbek Human Rights NGO Rejected Once More
The latest refusal by the Uzbek authorities to register Chiroq, an independent human rights...
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Tricks, Threats and Deception: Registering an NGO in Uzbekistan
For anyone following the reform process in Uzbekistan, it is apparent that the country is changing...
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Propiska: Uzbekistan Abolishes Soviet-Style Residency Restrictions
On February 17, Deputy Minister of the Interior, Aziz Ikramov, made a public statement that...
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“International Organizations are Enemies”
On the first days of the new year I received an alarming letter from a partner of Uzbek-German...
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Blogger Nafosat Ollashukurova Released from Psychiatric Detention
Nafosat Ollashukurova, a blogger who was forcibly detained for three months in a psychiatric...
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Elections in Uzbekistan: The people’s right to choose loyalty to the government
Uzbekistan is holding parliamentary elections today. It is not a historic event as there is...
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Court Orders Continued Detention of Blogger Nafosat Ollashukurova in Psychiatric Hospital
On November 28, the Khorezm Regional Civil Court rejected the request of Nafosat Ollashukurova’s...
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