Uzbekistan News » Karakalpakstan News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: In Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan, Trial Over Deadly Unrest Makes A 'Hero' Of Its Intended Villain
In previous years in Uzbekistan, a trial like the one that concluded on January 31 in the city of Bukhara would have played out behind closed doors. These days, the government seems to prefer a ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Unrest in Remote Karakalpakstan Tests Uzbekistan's State, Society
Uzbekistan's desert region of Karakalpakstan lies astride the bone-dry Aral Sea. But it has another distinction besides its harsh climate: it has autonomy, and even the right to secede from Uzbekistan ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Reporter’s Notebook: Karakalpakstan Trials Test Justice in Uzbekistan
On January 31, when Uzbekistan found 22 Karakalpaks guilty of crimes against the state, VOA spoke with seven of them, including a prisoner who died four days later. Their stories reveal the ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: 'Anti-Terrorist' Raids Held In Uzbekistan's Volatile Autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic
Police and security officers have held a series of "anti-terrorist" raids in Uzbekistan's volatile Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, where unprecedented anti-government protests last year left 21 ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Uzbekistan: Over a dozen killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest
The state prosecutor said that at least 18 people were killed and 243 others wounded during last week's unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region after protests erupted over planned ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Uzbekistan: Courtroom dramas play out in trial over Karakalpakstan violence
One morning in December, defendants in a landmark trial now nearing its close in Bukhara delivered a performative show of contrition. “We ask for forgiveness,” they recited in unison as they bowed ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Uzbekistan president backtracks on constitution to defuse Karakalpakstan tension
The president of Uzbekistan has flown to a restive semi-autonomous republic in the country’s west and ordered the scrapping of proposed constitutional amendments that would have spelled the end to any ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Government: Why the world should pay attention to unrest in Karakalpakstan
Last week, rare protests in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region, which borders Kazakhstan in the country’s northwest, turned deadly. According to the government, 18 people died and 243 ...