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Home of Poet and Journalist Mahmud Rajabov Raided by Police tuesday, 21 may 2019 On May 10, police raided the home of a 55-year-old journalist and poet Mahmud Rajabov in the ...
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Spanish-Owned Chemical Company Implicated in Forced Labour with Tragic Consequences
20 december 2018
24-year-old Sohibjon Mutalibov, an employee of Ammofos-Maxam, the largest producer of mineral fertilizers in Uzbekistan, ...
Rustam Inoyatov Appointed Head of Uzbek Fisheries
14 april 2018
The former head of the National Security Service of Uzbekistan (SNB), Rustam Inoyatov, has been ...
On March 29, 2018, the senators of the Parliament of Uzbekistan approved the Law “On the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan”
2 april 2018
The chairman of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan, Ikhtiyor Abdullayev, made a speech at ...
21 march 2018
Investigation by «Xabar.uz»: Who is to blame for the death of a 23-year-old teacher?
The Governors Promised! The promise of the governor of the Namangan Region, Khayrullo Bozorov: “We have been using teachers ...
20 march 2018
Azam Turgunov on the ex-prison warden, Abdukarim Shodiyev: “This person deserves to be imprisoned for a long time.”
56-year-old Abdukarim Shodiyev, who had been the head of the Central Penal Correction Department (CPCD) until February 2018, was ...
16 march 2018
Forensic Examination does not Confirm Torture of Independent Journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev
On March 15, 2018, the trial against Bobomurod Abdullayev and three other defendants accused of conspiracy to seize state ...
24 february 2018
Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office: Ex-prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov detained
Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed that the ex-prosecutor general, Rashid Kadyrov, had been arrested. According to the press release published ...
14 february 2018
Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist. 12 Human Rights Groups Call for Journalist’s, Others’ Immediate Release
(Bishkek, February 13, 2018) – Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into the alleged torture and other ...
5 february 2018
If Paul Day builds a monument to late Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, the blood of his victims will taint the artist’s work forever
An open letter from Uzbek human rights activists to the British sculptor Paul Day commissioned to commemorate former President ...
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31 january 2018
Chairman of the Uzbek National Security Service Dismissed
On January 31, 2018, the Chairman of the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB), Rustam Inoyatov, was dismissed. This was ...
28 september 2016
Uzbekistan’s Imams Declare Picking Cotton is Mandatory in Islam
 In Uzbekistan the imams of mosques are calling on worshipers during Friday prayers to go out to harvest. Some ...
16 march 2018
Forensic Examination does not Confirm Torture of Independent Journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev
On March 15, 2018, the trial against Bobomurod Abdullayev and three other defendants accused of conspiracy to seize state ...
11 september 2016
“Autocrat par Excellence”
German media articles reporting on the Uzbek President’s death focused on the controversial legacy of Karimov’s long-term rule with ...