The Vienna-based rights group Freedom for Eurasia has urged Uzbek authorities to transfer imprisoned Karakalpak activist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov to a less restrictive special correctional facility for convicted former state officials, citing his deteriorated health condition. Freedom for Eurasia said on August 6 that Tajimuratov had served in various state positions in Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic in different years and therefore is eligible to serve his sentence in such penitentiaries. Tajimuratov is serving a 16-year prison term he was handed over his role in mass anti-government protests in Karakalpakstan in 2022. Freedom for Eurasia said earlier that at least 70 people were killed during the unrest.
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