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Uzbekistan Karakalpakstan Changes Include

Court sentences 22 people to various prison terms over last year’s unrest which left 21 people dead. A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced 22 people, including a journalist, to various prison terms over deadly unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan republic last July. Steve Swerdlow, a human rights lawyer and expert on Uzbek affairs, wrote on Twitter that while the defendants …

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Uzbekistan has put 22 people on trial, accusing them of “undermining constitutional order” by taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in July. Officially, 21 people died in the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in the protests, sparked by a planned change to the constitution that would have undermined the region’s right to self-determination. Writing on Telegram, Obidov said “22 people” were …

Uzbek Uzbekistan Karakalpakstan Nukus

Open Dialogue Foundation says more than 300 people remain detained after deadly unrest gripped the republic of Karakalpakstan this month. Hundreds of people are still in detention in Uzbekistan after deadly unrest this month in the republic of Karakalpakstan over a proposal to strip the region of its autonomous status, a rights group said. A state of emergency in Karakalpakstan, …

Why the world should pay attention to unrest in Karakalpakstan

The Uzbek government’s violent clampdown on protests in Karakalpakstan can have significant consequences for Central Asia – and the power balance between Russia, China and the West. Last week, rare protests in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region, which borders Kazakhstan in the country’s northwest, turned deadly. Mirziyoyev started working towards changing Uzbekistan’s economic and political trajectory immediately after taking over the …

Last week’s unrest in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan has an economic and a complicated political side. This is the feeling I often had when reporting from Uzbekistan’s largest and most environmentally troubled region with a barely pronounceable name – Karakalpakstan. Karakalpakstan means “land of the black cloaks” after a medieval Turkic tribe that was part of nomadic coalitions roaming …

What we know about protests in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region

Calls for independent investigation grow as officials report 18 killed and 243 wounded in unrest in autonomous region. Rare protests in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region turned deadly last week, according to the government, as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev faced growing calls to allow an independent investigation into the violence. A joint statement by the province’s police, parliament and cabinet said that …

At least 18 people were killed and 243 injured during unrest in an autonomous province, according to authorities. At least 18 people were killed and 243 injured during last week’s unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan, according to the country’s authorities. The unrest over planned constitutional changes affecting Karakalpakstan’s status poses the most significant challenge yet to President Shavkat …

The country’s autonomous Karakalpakstan province has seen rare major unrest over planned constitutional changes. Uzbekistan’s president said there have been casualties among civilians and law enforcement personnel after rare public protests in the country’s autonomous northwestern Karakalpakstan province, which has seen significant unrest over a planned constitutional reform. In a statement posted online on Sunday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said rioters …

Uzbekistan has announced a month-long state of emergency in an autonomous republic where rare protests forced President Shavkat Mirziyoyev into a reversal on certain constitutional reforms. President Mirziyoyev’s press secretary Sherzod Asadov wrote on Telegram on Saturday that the state of emergency in the Republic of Karakalpakstan would run from just after midnight on Sunday to August 2. A rally …

Protest Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev Statement Karakalpakstan

Uzbekistan is planning to hold a constitutional referendum that no longer mentions Karakalpakstan’s sovereignty or right to secession. Rare public protests have broken out in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan autonomous republic over a planned constitutional reform that would change its status, Uzbek authorities say. Uzbekistan plans to hold a referendum in the coming months on a new version of the constitution, which …