Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

The Supreme Court Uzbekistan has scheduled the review of the case involving 22 individuals convicted in connection with the peaceful protests in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, on 1-2 July. The hearing is scheduled for 22 April at 11:10 (GMT+5). Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, a human rights defender who advocated for Karakalpakstan’s sovereignty and secession from Uzbekistan, has been sentenced […]

Karakalpak bloggers were detained yesterday, one in Tashkent and the other in Karakalpakstan. Shingis Tayrov, a young Karakalpak, posted a video on Instagram questioning why street names, building descriptions, and tourist attractions in sovereign Karakalpakstan are written in Uzbek, Russian, and English but not in Karakalpak. In his video, he emphasized the importance of nations

On February 21, 2024, shortly after his arrest in mid-February, Karakalpak activist Akylbek Muratbai (Muratov) passed a letter to the administration of the pre-trial detention center in Almaty to be sent to his sister’s address in Almaty. It was received one and a half month later, last week. The original letter in Russian in attached

April 9 marks the 31st anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Karakalpakstan. This constitution was ratified on April 9, 1993, during the second session of the Parliament of Karakalpakstan. Article 1 of the Karakalpak Constitution declares Karakalpakstan as a sovereign democratic republic, within Uzbekistan. Mutual relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the

In January 2024 authorities of Uzbekistan have put a 35-year-old activist from the Kanlykul district of Karakalpakstan, Zhetkerbai Abdramanov on the wanted list. In December 2023, he was charged in absentia under Art. 159 part 1 (Encroachments on the constitutional order) and 244-1 (Dissemination of materials that threaten public safety) of the Criminal Code of