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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/UZB/CO/4, 5 February 2010: Uzbekistan

Feb 5, 2010

40. The Committee notes the very limited information and statistics available on vulnerable groups of women, including elderly women, women with disabilities and women discriminated against on the basis of their sexuality. The Committee is concerned that those women...

Uzbekistan: Andijan witness sentenced for conspiring with terrorists

Feb 16, 2006

On 5 January, an Uzbek court sentenced a human rights activist to seven years in prison on charges of conspiring with terrorists, defaming the state, and religious extremism, after he briefed foreign media about the Government crackdown on protests in Andijan last...

Uzbekistan: More alleged organizers of Andijan protest jailed

Dec 8, 2005

Following closed trials, the Uzbek Supreme Court has sentenced 33 people to prison on charges of murder, terrorist acts and mass riots in connection with the Andijan protests last May, during which hundreds of civilians were reportedly killed by government forces....

Uzbekistan: Alleged organizers of Andijan protest convicted for terrorism

Nov 8, 2005

On 14 November the Uzbek Supreme Court convicted 15 men for organizing protests in Andijan in May, during which government forces reportedly killed hundreds of civilians. The trial of the accused, who were described as Islamic terrorists, has been criticized for...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.1, March 29, 2005: Uzbekistan

Mar 29, 2005

972. On 19 January 2004, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, sent an urgent appeal concerning Ruslan Sharipov, a 25-year old journalist and human rights...