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The trial of Uzbek opposition leader and businessman Sanjar Umarov opened and promptly adjourned Monday in Tashkent after defense lawyers requested more time to prepare their case. Umarov, a leader of the opposition Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition [party...

In a statement issued Monday, Uzbek opposition group Sunshine Uzbekistan called on authorities to hold open proceedings when opposition leader, Sanjar Umarov goes on trial. Umarov, a business man with ties to...

The Tashkent City Court in Uzbekistan has ordered Washington DC-based pro-democracy group Freedom House to suspend its activities there for the next six months. The government alleges that the...

Saidjahan Zainabiddinov, an Uzbek human rights activist who witnessed an violent uprising in Andijan last May has been put on trial on charges of undermining the constitutional system and assisting terrorism for aiding journalists covering the uprising...

The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, soldiers, and prison doctors to jail terms ranging from 1.5 to 11 years for their complicity in the May uprising in Andijan [JURIST...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has again cautioned the Uzbekistan government to observe fair-trial standards after Uzbek courts sentenced another 42 people to 12-20 years in prison during closed hearings Wednesday. Arbour,...

Courts in Uzbekistan Wednesday convicted an additional 42 people and handed down prison sentences of 12-20 years in connection with the May 2005 Andijan uprising . It was reported that the defendants were convicted on...

Manfred Nowak, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture , has called for Germany to prosecute the Uzbek Minister of Internal Affairs, Zokirjon Almatov, for his handling of the May 2005 Andijan uprising . A group of survivors...

Survivors of the May 2005 Andijan uprising have filed a lawsuit in Germany under that country's universal jurisdiction laws , accusing Uzbek Interior Minister Zokirjon Almatov of torture and crimes against humanity, the New York-based Human...

An additional 114 people went on trial Wednesday in Uzbekistan on charges stemming from the May 2005 Andijan uprising , which led to government troops killing as many as 500 protestors . The Uzbek Supreme Court has...