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18 May 2005, 9:06 am
[JURIST] In the wake of conflicting reports, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] on Wednesday urged an independant probe of reports of killings by Uzbekistan security forces. [read post]
23 Jun 2005, 2:18 pm
[JURIST] The Kyrgyz prosecutor general's office said Thursday that Kyrgyzstan plans to deport a group of 29 Uzbek asylum seekers despite UN denunciation [JURIST report; UN press release] of four earlier deportations over the possibility that the returned individuals may face torture in Uzbekistan. [read post]
1 Jul 2007, 3:57 pm
from the diaries of the tennessee dude... it is situated on china's western border separated to the southwest from afghanistan by tajikistan...last week it one-upped its neighbor to its west southwest uzbekistan whose upper house of parliament passed law that would abolish its death penalty... kyrgyzstan's president signed into law legislation actually abolishing the death... [read post]
15 Sep 2005, 7:31 am
[JURIST] Uzbekistan [official website, English version] deputy state prosecutor Anvar Nabiyev on Thursday named 15 men who will stand trial next week for trying to overthrow the Uzbek government. [read post]
23 Jan 2006, 1:04 pm
[JURIST] In a statement issued Monday, Uzbek opposition group Sunshine Uzbekistan [party website] called on authorities to hold open proceedings [statement, in Russian] when opposition leader, Sanjar Umarov [official profile] goes on trial. [read post]
16 Sep 2005, 6:31 am
The 11 refugees were accused of terrorism by the Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] government, but the UN plans to relocate them to Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 12:00 pm
It is rather difficult to wrap one's mind around the idea that one of the world's most impressive art collections is in a desert in Uzbekistan. [read post]
18 Oct 2005, 9:29 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Leandro Despouy Tuesday expressed doubts about the fairness of Uzbekistan's ongoing trial of 15 alleged rebels [JURIST report] accused of precipitating the violent May uprising in the town of Andijan [JURIST news archive] that allegedly led to hundreds of casualties when government troops opened fire on protestors. [read post]
24 Dec 2005, 1:33 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] has again cautioned the Uzbekistan government to observe fair-trial standards after Uzbek courts sentenced another 42 people to 12-20 years in prison [JURIST report] during closed hearings Wednesday. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 9:11 am
[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. [read post]
31 Jan 2006, 10:47 am
Tojiboeva openly criticized the Uzbekistan [ [read post]
21 Dec 2005, 6:05 pm
[JURIST] Courts in Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] Wednesday convicted an additional 42 people and handed down prison sentences of 12-20 years in connection with the May 2005 Andijan uprising [HRW backgrounder]. [read post]
20 Sep 2005, 12:18 am
The 15 men sat in a metal cage in Uzbekistan's Supreme Court, as the charges, which include terrorism, [read post]
14 Dec 2005, 5:49 am
[JURIST] An additional 114 people went on trial Wednesday in Uzbekistan on charges stemming from the May 2005 Andijan uprising [HRW backgrounder], which led to government troops killing as many as 500 protestors [JURIST report]. [read post]
14 Jan 2006, 1:33 am
[JURIST] The Tashkent City Court in Uzbekistan [government website, JURIST news archive] has ordered Washington DC-based pro-democracy group Freedom House [advocacy website] to suspend its activities [FH press release] there for the next six months. [read post]
16 Feb 2006, 9:09 pm
[JURIST Europe] The UN High Commission on Refugees [official website] has expressed alarm [UNHCR press release] at Ukraine's deportation of 10 Uzbek asylum-seekers to Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] where they may face torture and abuse, alleging the deportations violated international law. [read post]
30 Dec 2005, 1:24 pm
[JURIST] Defying a gag order by the UK Foreign Office [official website], former British ambassador [BBC report] to Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] Craig S. [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]
6 Dec 2007, 9:10 am
[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 Thursday. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 8:21 am
Muhtorov, a 35-year-old Uzbekistan refugee was arrested [AP report] in January 2012 and has been indicted on charges of providing and... [read post]
