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Zhumasapar Dadebaev, activist from Karakalpakstan, subjected to inhumane treatment in prison

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 […]

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Political prisoner Zhumasapar Dadebaev: “now the treatment is normal”

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

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Country of Origin Report: The Republic of Karakalpakstan

Contents I. Introduction. II. History of the Karakalpaks and their Republic. 1.      The Karakalpaks. 2. Their Republic. 2.1 Karakalpakstan in the Soviet era. 2.2 Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. III. Karakalpakstan today. 1.      Ecological Situation. 1.1. Drying up of the Aral Sea. 1.2. Impact on Health. 2.      Social-Economic Situation. 2.1. Numbers. 2.2. Neglect and Exploitation. 3.      Political

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Karakalpak activist Tleubike Yuldasheva harassed in Kazakhstan, threatened by Uzbek law enforcement officers

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,

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Kazakhstan and right for asylum of Karakalpak activists

Alarming developments are happening in Kazakhstan involving the denial of asylum cases for Karakalpak activists by the migration department, continuing unfair court decisions that were taken without considering the real threats facing activists in Uzbekistan. This leaves the activists in a precarious situation, with minimal hope for their immediate future.  Djaksymbetov Zhangeldi, Yuldasheva Tleubike, Mirmanbetova

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Karakalpakstan: Report about Mission on 23-26 October 2023

Introduction: Smoke grenades and rubber bullets fired by security forces, deadly attacks by police officers. Videos on the Internet still show the brutality of the unrest that shook Uzbekistan at the beginning of July, 2022. Several thousand people took to the streets in Nukus, the capital of the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan,

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SGB carry out searches of Karakalpak activists homes

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

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