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21 Jan 2014, 12:24 pm
Back in 2005, when Uzbekistan deposited its instrument of accession to the Berne Convention, it also made a declaration according to which the effects of that Convention would not extend to works which, at the date of entry into force of the Convention in Uzbekistan, were already in the public domain there. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:26 pm
I took this case knowing almost nothing about the circumstances in Uzbekistan. [read post]
14 Nov 2005, 3:21 am
[JURIST] A court in Uzbekistan [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] has found 15 men guilty of terrorism, attempted overthrow of the government, hostage taking and murder. [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 7:55 am
He devoted more time however to problem countries and the varying prospects for improvement in each-- Iran, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and China. [read post]
17 May 2005, 3:10 pm
[JURIST] Uzbekistan Prosecutor-General Rashid Kadyrov Tuesday denied reports that Uzbek government forces opened fire on demonstrators [JURIST report] Friday who were protesting government repression in the eastern city of Andijan. [read post]
23 Apr 2006, 5:33 pm
[JURIST] Uzbekistan officials announced Sunday that they will close the local office of the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) [advocacy websites], in existence since 1995. [read post]
12 May 2009, 2:14 am
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Medicines for Human Use (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 The National Health Service (Charges) (Amendments Relating to Pandemic Influenza) Regulations 2009 The Export Control (Uzbekistan) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Charter Trustees and Conservators) Order [...] [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 12:37 pm
With Uzbekistan's abolition of capital punishment in January of this year, there are now 135 countries which have rejected the death penalty in law or practice. [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 2:51 pm
[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. [read post]
14 May 2005, 8:50 am
[JURIST] The head of Uzbekistan's Independent Human Rights Organization was quoted Saturday as saying that some 200 people were killed in the eastern city of Andijan Friday [JURIST report] when government forces backed by tanks opened fire on demostrators in the central square of the city protesting government repression in the wake of a trial of 23 Muslim businessmen charged with extremism. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 1:27 pm
The Kyrgyzstan parliament [official website] had already approved the legislation early in September, but the president signing the "Draft Law on Ratification of the Agreement between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek State Border" is a sign that the neighboring countries may be calming relations. [read post]
19 Jul 2006, 1:52 am
[JURIST] Kyrgyz security forces have arrested six men who reportedly confessed to organizing last year's unrest in Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] that resulted in the massacre of unarmed Uzbek civilians [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] by government troops in Andijan. [read post]
18 Aug 2007, 8:18 am
Mukit Vokhidov and Rukhiddin Sharopov crossed to Afghanistan in 2001 as members of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan [CNS backgrounder]; they were captured by US forces operating in the north of the country in November [read post]
6 Jun 2006, 4:47 am
[JURIST] Progress in eliminating human trafficking which victimizes some 800,000 worldwide is slow, and countries such as Belize, Burma, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe have failed to effectively combat it, the US Department of State [official website] said Monday in its annual report on human trafficking [text, PDF; additional materials]. [read post]
30 Jan 2006, 9:54 am
Umarov, a leader of the opposition Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition [party website], was arrested in October [JURIST report] on charges that include embezzlement, tax fraud, and bribery. [read post]
22 Aug 2005, 1:46 am
[JURIST] A Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry official announced Monday that Kyrgyzstan will not return refugees who fled Uzbekistan after an uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan [JURIST report] in May. [read post]
13 Oct 2005, 3:05 am
[JURIST] The Uzbekistan interior ministry on Thursday denied allegations that they used illegal torture methods to extract confessions from the 15 men on trial for the political uprising in Andijan [HRW backgrounder], which led to government troops killing 500 [JURIST report]. [read post]
22 Nov 2005, 4:03 pm
[JURIST] The Uzbekistan Supreme Court Tuesday took the remarkable step of issuing a statement defending its recently-concluded trial of 15 individuals accused of leading a May, 2005 uprising [JURIST report] in the town of Andijan which led to the 15 being sentenced to 14 to 20 years in prison [BBC report; JURIST report]. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 6:19 am
The detainee has been cleared for release since 2005, but could not be returned to Uzbekistan for fear of [read post]
29 Dec 2005, 10:12 am
[JURIST] The Supreme Court [official backgrounder] of Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, soldiers, and prison doctors [JURIST report] to jail terms ranging from 1.5 to 11 years for their complicity in the May uprising in Andijan [JURIST news archive; HRW backgrounder] when thousands of protesters gathered after rebels stormed a prison [JURIST report] and freed a [read post]
