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The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a powerful condemnation of Uzbekistan’s treatment of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, declaring his arrest, trial, and continued imprisonment to be arbitrary and in violation of international law. In its Opinion No. 62/2024, adopted at its 101st session, the Working Group found that Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov’s arrest, detention, and conviction violated multiple international […]

On 8 October, the Chairwoman of Freedom for Eurasia delivered a statement on the situation of freedom of expression in Karakalpakstan during the 2025 OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw. The intervention took place at the plenary session dedicated to fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and the safety of

Freedom for Eurasia is deeply alarmed by the ongoing mistreatment in Uzbekistan’s KIN-11 colony of Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, a Karakalpak human rights defender who was imprisoned for sixteen years for exercising his fundamental rights for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Uzbekistan’s KIN-11 colony. Reports indicate severe human rights violations, forced labor, physical abuse, and inhumane detention

December 14 marked the 34th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty by the parliament of Karakalpakstan, which effectively declared independence. However, this declaration never materialized into full independence. In 1993, an interstate agreement was signed with the Republic of Uzbekistan, under which Karakalpakstan became part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic,

Updated December 01, 2024 We express grave concern regarding the recent arbitrary detention of journalist Alexey Pivovarov, along with his film crew from the project “Redaction,” and local journalist Feride Mahsetova in Nukus, Karakalpakstan. They were held in Main Department of Interior (GUVD) of Nukus. According to report they were invited for a ‘conversation’. We

On November 15, 2024, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments to Uzbekistan’s law “On the legal status of foreign nationals and stateless persons”. These changes, specifically to Articles 29(1) and 35(1), aim to enhance state security and sovereignty through the inclusion of foreign individuals who engage in public actions or calls that oppose the state’s interests

Today marks Aqylbek Muratbay’s birthday, which he unfortunately spends in unlawful detention at Almaty’s pre-trial detention center number 18, Kazakhstan. Aqylbek has been detained until February 15, 2025, while Kazakh authorities consider his asylum application. Muratbay’s arrest was based on an extradition request by Uzbekistan, which has fabricated charges against him due to his human rights