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Zhumasapar Dadebaev, an ethnic Turkmen activist from Karakalpakstan, was abducted in January 2022 while seeking asylum in Turkey by Uzbek special forces. In 2023 he was charged with Article 150 – war propaganda, Article 153 – genocide, Article 155 Part 1 – terrorism,  Article 156 Part 2 – incitement of national or religious hatred by […]

On 9 of November 2023, political prisoner Zhumasapar Dadebaev, sentenced in Uzbekistan to 12 years for supporting the ideas of Karakalpakstan’s sovereignty on the Internet, called his Tashkent based lawyer Sergei Mayorov from the colony. Mayorov represented his interests in the appellate court. Dadebaev said that he “felt better,” and his treatment by the administration is

Freedom of Eurasia reports that Karakalpak activist Tleubike Yuldasheva, who is seeking asylum in Kazakhstan, has informed us that she has recently noticed surveillance near her residence. The surveillance was conducted from a car with Uzbek state license plates, specifically from the Karakalpakstan region. Yuldasheva also reported that a few days ago, five individuals—two Uzbek,

19 July 2023 Less than 10 days have passed since the presidential “elections” in Uzbekistan, when the special services resumed pressure on Karakalpak activists. On July 17, in the Karauzyak district, a search was made in the house of Bagdatbai Ismailov, the head of the informal Karakalpak Alpamys party, and his phone was confiscated for