Rights group claims Uzbek authorities abusing former protesters
May 12, 2008
[JURIST] Persons suspected of involvement in the 2005 Andijan uprising [JURIST news archive] that resulted in a massacre of unarmed civilians [JURIST report] are still being mistreated according to a new Human Rights Watch report [PDF text] released Monday. Uzbek President Islam Karimov [official.... [more] 
ECHR rules Russia violated rights of 13 detained Andijan uprising suspects
April 25, 2008
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled [judgment text; press release] that Russia violated the civil rights of 13 men accused of terrorism in Uzbekistan by detaining them without trial for 20 months. In 2006, Russia agreed to extradite [JURIST report] the 13 men to.... [more]
State Department deplores rights records of North Korea, Iran, in annual reports
March 11, 2008
[JURIST] The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the introduction [text] to the its 2007 Reports on Human.... [more]
Uzbekistan pardons rights activist
February 5, 2008
[JURIST] Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] authorities have granted a pardon to a journalist and Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy group] translator sentenced to prison, according to Tuesday reports. Umida Niyazova [CPJ profile] was sentenced to seven years [JURIST report] after an Uzbek court.... [more]
Russia disregards ECHR request to delay extradition of Uzbek man
December 6, 2007
[JURIST] Russia has extradited an Uzbek man sought on charges of religious extremism to his native Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] in defiance of a request by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website], a representative from the Russian advocacy group Civic Assistance said.... [more]
UN torture committee concerned over Uzbek law enforcement practices
November 24, 2007
[JURIST] The UN Committee against Torture [official website] said Friday it was concerned about ill-treatment and torture of detainees by Uzbekistan law enforcement officials. The committee issued a report [text] concluding a three-week meeting in Geneva where it reviewed the compliance of six.... [more]
Uzbekistan president registers to run for third term despite constitutional bar
November 19, 2007
[JURIST] Uzbek President Islam Karimov [official profile; BBC profile] has registered to run for a third term in office, despite a constitutional amendment [constitution text] limiting presidents to two consecutive terms. Karimov accepted a nomination to run for president earlier this month, but.... [more]
Tajikistan high court sentences ex-Guantanamo detainees
August 18, 2007
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Tajikistan Friday sentenced two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to 17 years in prison each for serving as mercenaries in Afghanistan. Mukit Vokhidov and Rukhiddin Sharopov crossed to Afghanistan in 2001 as members of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.... [more]
Uzbekistan court gives suspended sentence to HRW activist
May 8, 2007
[JURIST] Human rights activist Umida Niyazova received a suspended sentence on Tuesday after reading a confession and expressing regret for "the crimes [she] committed unintentionally." The Uzbek appeals court reduced the seven-year sentence [JURIST report] she received last week after being.... [more]
Uzbekistan court sentences HRW rights activist to seven years
May 2, 2007
[JURIST] Human rights activist Umida Niyazova was sentenced to seven years in prison after an Uzbek court convicted her Tuesday of illegal border crossing, smuggling, and distributing Islamic extremist propaganda. Niyazova worked for Human Rights Watch [advocacy group] and was arrested earlier.... [more]
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