Uzbekistan

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Reveal Fate of Jailed Activist Family Believes Man Sentenced for Denouncing Massacre (New York, January 20, 2006) – The Uzbek government must clarify the fate of an Uzbek human rights defender who was arrested after speaking out about the massacre of hundreds of […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Access to Andijan Trials Blocked Cover-up of the Truth Continues (Tashkent, November 30, 2005) – The Uzbek government has blocked international observers from monitoring two trials related to the May 13 events in Andijan, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Journalist Assaulted After Reporting on Massacre (Tashkent, November 11, 2005) – An independent journalist in Uzbekistan was ambushed and assaulted on Monday by a group of unidentified men, the latest attack in a worsening environment for government critics since the May 13 massacre […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 October 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: CPJ condemns harassment of BBC and foreign media New York, October 26, 2005–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the government harassment of foreign media in Uzbekistan, which today prompted the BBC to close its Tashkent bureau. The BBC World Service said it […]

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Critic of Andijan Massacre Arrested Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Intensifies (Tashkent, October 13, 2005) – The Uzbek government has stepped up its campaign of repression against human rights defenders by arresting a prominent rights activist and vocal critic of the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 September 2005 CPJ press release: CPJ demands end to Uzbek government’s crackdown on media New York, September 22, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on President Islam Karimov to stop scapegoating the press and to end his government’s campaign of intimidation and repression against the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: CPJ condemns closure of Internews New York, September 12, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a civil court ruling ordering the closure of the Tashkent office of Internews Network, a U.S.-based media training and advocacy organization. Internews said the court made its […]

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 3 September 2005 Human Right Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Dissident Forced Into Psychiatric Detention (New York, September 3, 2005) – In a return to a Soviet-era tactic of repression, the Uzbek authorities have ordered human rights defender Elena Urlaeva to be detained in a psychiatric institution. Human […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 August 2005 CPJ press release: Uzbekistan: Reporter jailed for “insulting” security officer New York, August 30, 2005 – An Uzbek court sentenced a reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to six months in prison for insulting a security officer, the radio said today. Nosir Zokirov, an Uzbek who […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 August 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Authorities deport Russian journalist New York, August 15, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the deportation of Russian journalist Igor Rotar, who was detained by Uzbek authorities in Tashkent on Thursday and put on a plane bound for Almaty, Kazakhstan, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Russian journalist detained upon arrival; held incommunicado New York, August 12, 2005 – Uzbek authorities at the airport in the capital, Tashkent, detained Russian journalist Igor Rotar on Thursday and were holding him today, according to his news organization and international press reports. Rotar, a Central […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 August 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Court convicts Internews staffers, rejects office closure New York, August 5, 2005 – A judge in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, convicted two staffers of Internews Network, a U.S.-based media training and advocacy organization, on Thursday of producing television programming without a license […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 August 2005 CPJ letter to Uzbek President Islam Karimov: August 1, 2005 His Excellency Islam Karimov President, Republic of Uzbekistan Dom Pravitelstva Tashkent 70000 Uzbekistan Via Facsimile: 011-998-71-139-55-25 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about your regime’s ongoing crackdown on independent journalists and media. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 18 July 2005, Erkin Yakubjanov, a Kyrgyzstani journalism student who studies in Osh, southwestern Kyrgyzstan, was arrested by Uzbek border guards as he was investigating the 13 May crackdown on the rebellion in Andijan for the Dolina Mira radio network. In addition, freelance journalist Tulkin Karaev was forced to flee Uzbekistan on […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 11 July 2005, the government officially accused members of the media training organisation Internews Network of writing articles and filming without the required permits. Two of the organisation’s members have been threatened with six months in prison under Article 190 (2)b of the Criminal Code. The Justice Ministry has ordered the organisation […]

(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Journalist Razhabboi Raupov was attacked by an unknown individual outside his home on 6 July 2005 at 2:30 p.m. (local time). The incident occured in Shafirkan district, Bukhara region. The attacker struck the journalist with an iron bar and fled the scene. Raupov suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the […]