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24.05.2013 23:01

Uzbek activists to draft "Abdurahmanov list"

Activists from the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU) intend to draft a list of government officials responsible for the persecution of journalists and human rights activists, and to ask the US government to apply sanctions against them.

21.05.2013 21:11

Uzbek presidential candidate suspects attempted smear campaign

An attempt has been made to make the human rights activist Abdullo Tojiboy-ugli, who is standing in the 2015 presidential elections, take part in a suspicious religious ceremony.

18.05.2013 17:13

Jailed journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov gravely ill

Abduraim Abdurahmanov, the 93-year-old father of jailed journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov, has reiterated his son's innocence and reported that he has fallen gravely ill in prison.

07.05.2013 23:41

Police cordon off major amusement park in Tashkent

On 4 May Uzbek police urgently cleared the Gofur Gulom amusement park of visitors. According to some reports this was to allow a a cleanup day in the park, while other reports suggest that security services were looking for a bomb.

07.05.2013 23:07

Bahtiyor Hamrayev - short man but big heart

Bahtiyor Hamrayev combined human rights activities with trading at a Jizak market. It was easy for him because he did not see the difference between trading and being a citizen.
By Galima Bukharbaeva

07.05.2013 22:03

Uzbek journalist Elena Bondar receives refugee status

The UNHCR in Kyrgyzstan has reconsidered its previous refusal and granted refugee status to Uzbek journalist Elena Bondar.

07.05.2013 21:44

Jizak-based human rights activist Bahtiyor Hamrayev dies

Bahtiyor Hamrayev, the chairman of the Jizzak branch of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, died on 4 May, aged 59.

03.05.2013 21:14

Freedom for Abdurahmanov, Freedom for Sayid

On World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan has sent a letter to President Islam Karimov urging him to release jailed journalists.

29.04.2013 23:05

Christians fear to keep Bibles at home in Uzbekistan

Followers of Protestant churches in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent are getting rid of Bibles and other religious literature en masse.

29.04.2013 21:41

Human rights activists reach president’s home

Leaders of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU) on 25 April managed to reach President Islam Karimov’s residence in the village of Durmen and handed over to guards a petition for the release of journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov.

24.04.2013 21:27

Uzbek independent journalists urge Robert Blake to defend journalists

The Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan has called on US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake to speak loudly in defense of imprisoned Uzbek journalists in Tashkent.

22.04.2013 22:51

Uzbek political prisoner Mamadali Mahmudov released

On 19 April the 72-year-old writer and opposition member Mamadali Mahmudov was released from prison. Mahmudov was sentenced in 1999 to 14 years in prison.

19.04.2013 21:25

Angren police prevent activist from lunching with US ambassador

George Krol, the US ambassador to Uzbekistan, invited local human rights activist Dmitriy Tikhonov to lunch with him in Angren, a town some 100 km from Tashkent, on 18 April, but police detained Tikhonov before they could meet.

17.04.2013 01:01

Uzbek authorities trying to hide rights activist in mental home

Police in Tashkent have turned to doctors requesting to send a well-known human rights activist, Elena Urlayeva, to a mental hospital.

16.04.2013 00:56

Activist harassed in Jizak Region

On 16 April, a Jizak Region court will consider a land dispute between human rights activist Uktam Pardayev and an influential neighbour of his, but the battle between the parties is already underway on the roads of Jizak.

05.04.2013 18:48

Shoot Me programme participants Oleg Karpov, Elena Bondar and Vasiliy Markov

Journalist Elena Bondar and Shoot Me experts have discussed the UNHCR office in Bishkek's refusal to grant her refugee status and asylum.

03.04.2013 20:29

Uzbek journalist fails to get refugee status

The UNHCR in Kyrgyzstan has refused to grant refugee status to Uzbek journalist Yelena Bondar, saying she will not face any threat upon her return to Uzbekistan.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Illegally-built extensions facing demolition in Tashkent

25.05.13 22:43

Gulnara Karimova’s lies exposed

24.05.13 23:36

Sweden's SVT: new evidence links TeliaSonera to Karimova

23.05.13 21:56

How dangerous are Uzbek terrorists in the West?

22.05.13 16:14

Uzbek presidential candidate suspects attempted smear campaign

21.05.13 21:11

ANALYSIS / COMMENTARY / INTERVIEW

03.05.13 UN “applies pressure” while Uzbekistan “extricates itself”

Human rights activist Surat Ikramov has said in an interview with Uznews.net that the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan will improve the situation within the country.

30.04.13 Are Uzbek media outlets becoming more liberal?

Some media outlets based in Uzbekistan have recently dared to criticise and raise previously taboo topics. Does this mean there is a thaw in political repression within the country?

26.04.13 Gigantism in Islam Karimov's constructions

Uzbek President Islam Karimov wants to remain in the history as a great builder, so all new buildings in Uzbekistan are big and pompous in style.

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