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Summary: Opposition activists face pressure ahead of presidential elections, bloggers targeted
- Published at
- 05.11.2021
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
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Uzbekistan: Reforming or Redecorating?
- Published at
- 25.10.2019
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
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Some public criticism of security services surfaces but open public debate remains far-off
- Published at
- 05.03.2018
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
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Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
- Published at
- 20.12.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
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Human rights changes: more piecemeal than systemic
- Published at
- 12.09.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- travel ban
- protest
- land rights
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A tentative hope for human rights improvements?
- Published at
- 13.07.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- surveillance
- travel ban
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Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict Uzbek citizens' civil and political rights
- Published at
- 05.05.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- travel ban
- time,place restrictions
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- journalist detained
- harassment
- surveillance
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Despite releases, conditions remain dire for HRDs in Uzbekistan
- Published at
- 07.03.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
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Uzbek journalist Muhammad Bekjanov freed after 18 years in prison
- Published at
- 24.02.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs