The state of human rights in Uzbekistan has been described as "abysmal" and has faced heavy criticism for the arbitrary arrests, religious persecution, and torture employed by the government on a regional and national level.
Uzbekistan has abolished the death penalty. The abolition, initiated by the August 2005 decrees of President Karimov, became effective on January 1, 2008. Capital punishment has been substituted by longer term deprivation of liberty and life sentencing. (see Death penalty in Uzbekistan).
Religious freedom is one of the most challenging issues in a predominantly Muslim environment, where only two mainstream religions - Orthodox Christianity and Judaism - are recognized and tolerated by the country's traditional society.
The constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan asserts that "democracy in the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be based upon common human principles, according to which the highest value shall be the human being, his life, freedom, honor, dignity and other inalienable rights."
Human rights are moral principles or norms, that describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being," and which are "inherent in all human beings" regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal, and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others. They should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.
The situation of human rights in East Asia varies between the region's countries, which differ in history and political orientation, as well as between contexts within each country.
See the following for more details on each country:
Uzbekistan (USi/ʊz.ˈbɛk.ɪ.ˌstæn/, UK/ʊz.ˌbɛk.ɪ.ˈstɑːn/), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi/Ўзбекистон Республикаси), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia. It is a unitary, constitutional, presidential republic, comprising 12 provinces, 1 autonomous republic, and 1 capital city. Uzbekistan is bordered by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Tajikistan to the southeast; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest.
Once part of the Turkic Khaganate and later Timurid Empires, the region that today includes the Republic of Uzbekistan was conquered in the early 16th century by Eastern Turkic-speaking nomads. The area was gradually incorporated into the Russian Empire during the 19th century, and in 1924 what is now Uzbekistan became a bordered constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, it declared independence as the Republic of Uzbekistan on 31 August 1991 (officially celebrated the following day).
Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (born July 3, 1978) is an Uzbek diplomat and philanthropist. She is the younger daughter of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and his wife, Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova. Her older sister is Uzbek diplomat and business mogul Gulnara Karimova.
Personal life
Karimova-Tillyaeva earned bachelor's and master's degrees in International Law from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, and later received a doctorate degree in Psychology from Tashkent State University. In January 2008 she was appointed to her current role as Uzbekistan's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. She is married to businessman Timur Tillyaev and they have three children: two daughters and a son (Mariam, Safia and Umar).
In July 2013, various media outlets reported that Karimova-Tillyaeva had purchased a home in Beverly Hills.
In an interview with the BBC Uzbek Service in 2013, Karimova-Tillyaeva stated that she had not been in contact with her sister Gulnara for 12 years and that "There are no family or friendly relations between us...We are completely different people."
On May 13, 2005, government forces opened fire on thousands of mostly peaceful protesters in the central square in the town of Andijan, a city in the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. The protesters had gathered to speak out against poverty, unemployment, and government repression, and to call on the government to respond to their plight.
The US, EU, and other governments should speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability. http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/07/uzbekistan-decade-impunity-massacre
published: 07 May 2015
Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply with laws prohibiting forced and child labor, and the World Bank can suspend the loans if there is credible evidence of violations.
The Uzbek government forced students, teachers, medical workers, other government employees, private-sector employees, and sometimes children to harvest cotton in 2015 and 2016, as well as to weed the fields and plant cotton in the spring of 2016. The government has threatened to fire people, stop welfare payments, and suspend or expel students if they refuse to work in the cotton fields.
published: 27 Jun 2017
EXCLUSIVE TALK WITH CHRISTOPHER ALLAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN
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Human rights in Uzbekistan/US policy/ Steve Swerdlow of HRW on VOA Uzbek
Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch Uzbekistan researcher, talks to Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek, 3-30-12 Washington DC
published: 07 Apr 2012
Human rights in Uzbekistan: National Press Club, May 14, 2018
One the eve of President Mirziyoyev's official visit to Washington, Uzbekistan's Senator Sodiq Safoyev, head of the National Human Rights Center and MP Akmal Saidov, HRW Uzbekistan researcher Steve Swerdlow, Uzbek journalists and American experts discussed the situation regarding the human rights and freedom in the country. Here is the full video from that event held at the National Press Club in Washington.
published: 14 May 2018
Uzbekistan - On Human Rights Defenders
published: 26 Nov 2015
Uzbekistan: Victim Of Terrorism Or Oppression? (2001)
Our New Best Friend (2001) - The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - linked to al-Qaeda.
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The resulting crackdowns have resulted in gross human rights abuses. We investigate the anger on the streets. When President Karimov opened his nation’s airspace to the US military, Uzbekistan became America’s new best friend. The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. But as reporter Marcel Theroux uncovers, things aren’t what they seem. Driving through the bleak countryside, the roads are littered with checkpoints manned by the army and security police. Arbitrary arrest and...
published: 29 Nov 2018
Report: Uzbek human rights record bad
CNNi talks to Human Rights Watch researcher Steve Swerdlow about the group's report on human rights violations.
On May 13, 2005, government forces opened fire on thousands of mostly peaceful protesters in the central square in the town of Andijan, a city in the Fergana Va...
On May 13, 2005, government forces opened fire on thousands of mostly peaceful protesters in the central square in the town of Andijan, a city in the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. The protesters had gathered to speak out against poverty, unemployment, and government repression, and to call on the government to respond to their plight.
The US, EU, and other governments should speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability. http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/07/uzbekistan-decade-impunity-massacre
On May 13, 2005, government forces opened fire on thousands of mostly peaceful protesters in the central square in the town of Andijan, a city in the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. The protesters had gathered to speak out against poverty, unemployment, and government repression, and to call on the government to respond to their plight.
The US, EU, and other governments should speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability. http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/07/uzbekistan-decade-impunity-massacre
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek g...
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply with laws prohibiting forced and child labor, and the World Bank can suspend the loans if there is credible evidence of violations.
The Uzbek government forced students, teachers, medical workers, other government employees, private-sector employees, and sometimes children to harvest cotton in 2015 and 2016, as well as to weed the fields and plant cotton in the spring of 2016. The government has threatened to fire people, stop welfare payments, and suspend or expel students if they refuse to work in the cotton fields.
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply with laws prohibiting forced and child labor, and the World Bank can suspend the loans if there is credible evidence of violations.
The Uzbek government forced students, teachers, medical workers, other government employees, private-sector employees, and sometimes children to harvest cotton in 2015 and 2016, as well as to weed the fields and plant cotton in the spring of 2016. The government has threatened to fire people, stop welfare payments, and suspend or expel students if they refuse to work in the cotton fields.
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One the eve of President Mirziyoyev's official visit to Washington, Uzbekistan's Senator Sodiq Safoyev, head of the National Human Rights Center and MP Akmal Sa...
One the eve of President Mirziyoyev's official visit to Washington, Uzbekistan's Senator Sodiq Safoyev, head of the National Human Rights Center and MP Akmal Saidov, HRW Uzbekistan researcher Steve Swerdlow, Uzbek journalists and American experts discussed the situation regarding the human rights and freedom in the country. Here is the full video from that event held at the National Press Club in Washington.
One the eve of President Mirziyoyev's official visit to Washington, Uzbekistan's Senator Sodiq Safoyev, head of the National Human Rights Center and MP Akmal Saidov, HRW Uzbekistan researcher Steve Swerdlow, Uzbek journalists and American experts discussed the situation regarding the human rights and freedom in the country. Here is the full video from that event held at the National Press Club in Washington.
Our New Best Friend (2001) - The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - linked to al-Qaeda.
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Our New Best Friend (2001) - The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - linked to al-Qaeda.
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The resulting crackdowns have resulted in gross human rights abuses. We investigate the anger on the streets. When President Karimov opened his nation’s airspace to the US military, Uzbekistan became America’s new best friend. The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. But as reporter Marcel Theroux uncovers, things aren’t what they seem. Driving through the bleak countryside, the roads are littered with checkpoints manned by the army and security police. Arbitrary arrest and torture are commonplace. So is the planting of evidence.
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Our New Best Friend (2001) - The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - linked to al-Qaeda.
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The resulting crackdowns have resulted in gross human rights abuses. We investigate the anger on the streets. When President Karimov opened his nation’s airspace to the US military, Uzbekistan became America’s new best friend. The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. But as reporter Marcel Theroux uncovers, things aren’t what they seem. Driving through the bleak countryside, the roads are littered with checkpoints manned by the army and security police. Arbitrary arrest and torture are commonplace. So is the planting of evidence.
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On May 13, 2005, government forces opened fire on thousands of mostly peaceful protesters in the central square in the town of Andijan, a city in the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. The protesters had gathered to speak out against poverty, unemployment, and government repression, and to call on the government to respond to their plight.
The US, EU, and other governments should speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability. http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/07/uzbekistan-decade-impunity-massacre
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply with laws prohibiting forced and child labor, and the World Bank can suspend the loans if there is credible evidence of violations.
The Uzbek government forced students, teachers, medical workers, other government employees, private-sector employees, and sometimes children to harvest cotton in 2015 and 2016, as well as to weed the fields and plant cotton in the spring of 2016. The government has threatened to fire people, stop welfare payments, and suspend or expel students if they refuse to work in the cotton fields.
One the eve of President Mirziyoyev's official visit to Washington, Uzbekistan's Senator Sodiq Safoyev, head of the National Human Rights Center and MP Akmal Saidov, HRW Uzbekistan researcher Steve Swerdlow, Uzbek journalists and American experts discussed the situation regarding the human rights and freedom in the country. Here is the full video from that event held at the National Press Club in Washington.
Our New Best Friend (2001) - The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - linked to al-Qaeda.
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The resulting crackdowns have resulted in gross human rights abuses. We investigate the anger on the streets. When President Karimov opened his nation’s airspace to the US military, Uzbekistan became America’s new best friend. The Uzbek government says it is a victim of terrorism carried out by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. But as reporter Marcel Theroux uncovers, things aren’t what they seem. Driving through the bleak countryside, the roads are littered with checkpoints manned by the army and security police. Arbitrary arrest and torture are commonplace. So is the planting of evidence.
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The state of human rights in Uzbekistan has been described as "abysmal" and has faced heavy criticism for the arbitrary arrests, religious persecution, and torture employed by the government on a regional and national level.
Uzbekistan has abolished the death penalty. The abolition, initiated by the August 2005 decrees of President Karimov, became effective on January 1, 2008. Capital punishment has been substituted by longer term deprivation of liberty and life sentencing. (see Death penalty in Uzbekistan).
Religious freedom is one of the most challenging issues in a predominantly Muslim environment, where only two mainstream religions - Orthodox Christianity and Judaism - are recognized and tolerated by the country's traditional society.
The constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan asserts that "democracy in the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be based upon common human principles, according to which the highest value shall be the human being, his life, freedom, honor, dignity and other inalienable rights."
"Man shall not live by bread alone Lay not up your treasures upon earth" Thousands listen to the master's words Thrown to the wind 'cause their hearts were not present People don't believe in miracles anymore Human Rights "Some foreign organization might be supporting you" Lights, camera, stampede and looting The powerful men and the saints wanted the leader (Where are the) Human Rights? The followers lost faith Many who dreamt of power are destroyed The press is a daily vampire Street kids steal and they are mistaken For the apostoles During the riot an extermination group of policemen shoot both Lords and slaves want everything easily Human rights Clubbing and kicking Blindfolded eyes Human rights