Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

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

Freedom for Eurasia has received distressing information regarding the persecution of another activist from Karakalpakstan, Atabaev Kadambai. Kadambai, who has disabilities and is wheelchair bound, is facing charges related to administering the Facebook group “Pensioners Party of Uzbekistan.” He is also a supporter of Karakalpakstan sovereignity. According to Kadambai, on February 11, 2024 district police

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