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Outcome: Nafosat Olloshkurova releasedUzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova has been released from forced psychiatric detainment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2020 -
Outcome: Torture of Rashitjon Kadirov stoppedThe former Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being tortured to give confessions.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
First Update: Defender kept in forced psychiatric detention
An Uzbekistani blogger's forced detainment in a psychiatric hospital has been extended by a court.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2019 -
Urgent Action: Former prosecutor general risks torture
Rashitjon Kadirov and 12 co-defendants are standing trial in closed-door criminal proceedings.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released in Uzbekistan
On 7 May, a court issued Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev with a non-custodial sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jun 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Report in Uzbekistan finds no torture despite visible bruises
The trial of journalist, Bobomurod Abdullayev began on 7 March.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Tortured journalist in Uzbekistan must be immediately released
Two officers leading the investigation on the case against detained journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev were suspended
Urgent action outcomes 12 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Independent journalist in Uzbekistan must be immediately released
The family of independent journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev was allowed to see him for the first time in three months.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2018 -
Urgent Action: Journalist at risk in notorious detention centre in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev was detained by the National Security Services in Tashkent.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action: Uzbekistani journalist at risk of extradition
Uzbekistani journalist and poet Narzullo Akhunzhonov was detained by Ukrainian border guards on 20 September.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Detained journalist facing imminent deportation in Russia
On 1 August, the Moscow Basmanniy Court ruled that journalist and LGBTI activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) must be forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action change of target: Stop journalist's forcible return from Russia to Uzbekistan
Journalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) is at risk of being forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Uzbek secret services monitoring phone calls, emails and texts of Uzbek refugees in Europe - new reportPress release 31 Mar 2017
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Urgent Action: Stop journalist's forcible return from Russia to UzbekistanJournalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) is at risk of being forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist at risk of further jail time in Uzbekistan
Journalist Muhammad Bekzhanov, aged 62, who is scheduled to be released in January after spending more than 17 years in prison on politically motivated charges, has been put in a punishment cell.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Uzbekistan: President Karimov's death unlikely to improve human rightsPress release 02 Sep 2016
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Russia has forced hundreds of asylum-seekers back to face torture in Uzbekistan - new reportPress release 21 Apr 2016
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Uzbekistan: fresh warning over UK arms loophole that contributed to Andizhan massacrePress release 12 May 2015
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Uzbekistan: torture plays 'central role' in justice system - new reportPress release 15 Apr 2015
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Uzbekistan: Torture, corruption and liesIn Uzbekistan – one of the most authoritarian states in the world – corruption is widespread throughout the criminal justice system. Torture has become an essential tool for the authorities to retain their grip on power, with police and security forces…
13 Apr 2015
