Uzbek Rights Campaigner And Government Critic Severely Beaten

Miraziz Bazarov, an Uzbek campaigner and blogger known for criticizing the government and defending LGBT rights, was attacked by masked men on March 28, leaving him hospitalized. Earlier the same day, a cultural group led by Bazarov was disrupted by dozens of men who chanted "Allahu Akbar" and brutally beat some of the participants.