April 3, 2024

On April 3, 2024 Almaty police arrested another Karakalpak activist, 43 year old Utambetov Rinat. So far it is known that he was arrested at the request of Uzbekistan and that Uzbek authorities opened a criminal case against him on charges of encroachment on the consitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan (article 159 of […]

Kazakh human rights defender Galym Ageleuov, director of the human rights organization “Liberty”, who investigated the protests in Karakalpakstan on 1-2 July with Freedom for Eurasia, has been prohibited from entering Uzbekistan in 2023. Ageleuov, as an expert of Freedom for Eurasia, visited Karakalpakstan in 2022 to meet with the families of those who were