News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: Uzbekistan's Deadly Crackdown In Karakalpakstan 'Unjustifiable,' Says Rights Group
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Uzbekistan used force "unjustifiably" during fatal unrest in its autonomous Karakalpakstan region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report that demands accountability for the ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Uzbekistan: Appeal case of Karakalpakstan protesters nears verdict
The appeal trial of a group of people imprisoned over their involvement in last summer’s protests in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan, is poised to reach its climax this week. The ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: Uzbekistan lifts state of emergency in Karakalpakstan after protest deaths
LONDON (Reuters) -Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday signed a decree to lift a state of emergency in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, where at least 18 people were killed ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: Uzbekistan: Three police officers sentenced over Karakalpakstan abuses
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced two police officers to seven years in prison for torturing detainees during the crackdown of the mass protests that shook the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: Pannier: After 10 years of Mirziyoyev, some aspects of Uzbekistan still bear stamp of Karimov
By Bruce Pannier When Uzbekistan’s first president, Islam Karimov, died in the late summer of 2016, he left a long list of problems for his successor. That successor turned out to be Shavkat ...
News Uzbekistan » Karakalpakstan » Security: Uzbekistan Lifts State Of Emergency In Karakalpakstan After Protest Deaths
An Uzbek service member guards a road during a government-organised press visit in Nukus, capital of the northwestern Karakalpakstan region, Uzbekistan July 6, 2022. Reuters / MUKHAMMADSHARIF ...
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