Freedom for Eurasia has highlighted the detention of 16 individuals in Karakalpakstan under several articles of the Uzbekistan Criminal Code, including “Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan,” “Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order,” and “Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations.” In the initial court decision, all defendants were found guilty. They appealed, but on May 16, 2024, the Karakalpakstan Republic Court upheld the original verdict.
These articles are commonly used to investigate and sentence Karakalpak activists. The individuals in question were not arrested during the July 1-2 protests but were later identified through footage by the authorities. When police checked their phones, they found videos of the protests, which was enough to bring charges. The case materials were labeled “enemy of the people”.
Below names of defendants and charges brought against them:
KDYRNIAZOV DAURAN DAULBAEVICH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
UZAKOV KARLYBAY NAZARBAEVICH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishment of religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations, leading them, participating in them));
NURBAEV AYDOS MURAT-ULY
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
JUMAGAMBETOV QAJYMUKHAN AZAT ULY
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
GENJEBAEV SON OF MUSLIM MURATBAY
(Article 155/3, part 2, item v (Financing of terrorism), Article 159, part 3, item b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/2, part 1 (Religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or forming other prohibited organizations, leading them, participating in them));
MAJIT GENJEBAEVICH KAIPOV
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
BEKMURATOV AZAT JUMAGAMBETOVYCH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
KOSNAZAROV TIMUR ALLAMBERGENOVICH
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
ABDULLAEV ABAY KOBEYSINOVICH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishment of religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations, leading them, participating in them));
KAMIL GENJEBAEVICH KAIPOV
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
GENJEBAEV RASHID MURATBAY ULY
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
SULTANOV MURATBAY KHAMIDULLAEVICH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, part 1 (Establishment of religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations,
BERDIMURATOV KUANDYK BERKINBAEVICH
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
BALTABAEV Bakhtiyar SMAGULOVYCH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Creating, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
KAIPOV MURATBAY GENJEBAEVICH
(Article 155/3, part 2, point v (Terrorism financing), Article 159, part 3, point b (Attack on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, part 3, point g (Public safety and preparing, storing, distributing or displaying materials that threaten public order), Article 244/2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations));
MATSAPAEV ROMAN KANALOVICH
(Article 159, Part 3, Clause b (Encroachment on the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Article 244/1, Part 3, Clause g (Preparation, storage, distribution or display of materials that threaten public safety and public order), 244 / Article 2, Part 1 (Establishing, leading, participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations)
