Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Taking into consideration the failing health and repetitive threats received by Dauletmurat Tajimuratov from associates and administration of the current prison, we urgently request Uzbekistan’s authorities to reconsider his place of detention in accordance with Article 58 of the Penal Enforcement Code, “Separate detention of convicts in penal institutions for former court employees and law […]

Karakalpak lawyer, Human Rights Defender and political prisoner Tajimuratov’s mother visited him on July 30, 2024 – August 01, 2024 in the high-security colony KIN 11 in the city of Navoi, where he is serving his 16-year prison sentence. Dauletmurat Tajimuratov lives in a barrack with 150 other prisoners, suffering from inhumane living conditions and

Freedom for Eurasia has received information that on July 23, 2024, the Committee of National Security of Kazakhstan arrested another Karakalpak, Hamdullaev Azizbek, who resides permanently in Almaty. Currently, there are no details about the arrest. However, according to Azizbek’s relatives, the arrest is related to his TikTok channel, where he posted videos about Karakalpakstan’s

Tomorrow, July 23, 2024 at 11 AM, the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan in Tashkent will review the revision appeal of Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, a Karakalpak human rights defender and lawyer. Tajimuratov was convicted for events on July 1-2 in Karakalpakstan following his arrest due to his opposition to proposed constitutional amendments that would undermine Karakalpakstan’s rights