Каракалпакстан

In Uzbekistan, participants of the July protests in Karakalpakstan are facing trial. Human rights activists fear that the trial will be biased and call on the authorities to carry out a fair investigation. (more…)

“The high numbers of dead and injured and the crackdown on the right to assembly in Nukus, will not go unnoticed, and will leave a big smear on Mirziyoyev’s presidency,” – states Marius Fossum, human rights activist, regional representative in Central Asia for the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in an interview with CABAR.asia analytical platform.

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