Human rights activist Umida Niyazova received a suspended sentence on Tuesday after reading a confession and expressing regret for "the crimes committed unintentionally." The Uzbek appeals court reduced the seven-year sentence she received last week after...
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Uzbekistan court sentences HRW rights activist to seven years
Human rights activist Umida Niyazova was sentenced to seven years in prison after an Uzbek court convicted her Tuesday of illegal border crossing, smuggling, and distributing Islamic extremist propaganda. Niyazova worked for Human Rights Watch and was...
UN committee chides Belarus, Myanmar for human rights violations
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced by...
UN committee stymies resolution condemning Uzbekistan rights record
A draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning human rights violations in Uzbekistan has been blocked in the General Assembly's Third Committee by a group of mainly developing nations that claim...
UN rights council missed chance to publicly expose Uzbekistan massacre: HRW report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday criticized the decision of the UN Human Rights Council to close access to its examination of last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in...
Law enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan have been detaining asylum seekers from neighboring Uzbekistan in recent weeks as part of Kyrgyz counterterrorism sweeps, and several asylum seekers have disappeared and have possibly been forcibly returned to Uzbekistan,...
Russia prosecutor suspends extradition of 13 Uzbeks wanted for Andijan uprising
Russia has temporarily halted the extradition of 13 Uzbeks accused of terrorist acts in connection with last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in the massacre of hundreds unarmed Uzbek civilians...
UN rights chief condemns Kyrgyzstan extradition of Uzbek refugees
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday said that the Kyrgyzstan decision to extradite four Uzbekistan refugees and one asylum seeker back to Uzbekistan earlier this week was a breach of...
Russia to extradite 13 Andijan uprising suspects to Uzbekistan
Russian prosecutors said Thursday that they had approved a request from Uzbekistan to extradite 13 people accused of terrorist acts in connection with last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in the massacre...
Kyrgyzstan arrests six suspected organizers of Uzbek Andijan uprising
Kyrgyz security forces have arrested six men who reportedly confessed to organizing last year's unrest in Uzbekistan that resulted in the massacre of unarmed Uzbek civilians by government troops in Andijan....