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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, 28 February 2011: Uzbekistan

Feb 28, 2011

Uzbekistan Letter of allegations 2371. On 11 May 2010, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/UZB/CO/3, 7 April 2010: Uzbekistan

Apr 7, 2010

22. The Committee is concerned about reports that individuals have been harassed, physically attacked, or discriminated in the State party on the basis of their sexual orientation. It is also concerned that article 120 of the Criminal Code criminalizes consensual...

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....