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Murod Juraev, a prominent Uzbek opposition figure who was released in 2015 after more than 21 years in prison, has died aged 65.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has issued a decree emphasizing that evidence obtained under torture is inadmissible in the Central Asian country's courts.
An Afghan Kam Air passenger jet landed at Tashkent International Airport on November 29 after making the first-ever direct commercial flight from Kabul to Uzbekistan's capital.
State media reports in Uzbekistan say President Shavkat Mirziyoev has reshuffled the cabinet, replacing long-serving ministers of economy and trade.
Colleagues of prominent Uzbek blogger Hayot Hon Nasriddinov say he has been arrested in Tashkent.
A sister of New York City terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov has told RFE/RL from their native Uzbekistan that her family believes the 29-year-old was "brainwashed" and has pleaded with U.S. authorities to give him "time" and a "fair trial."
An Uzbek student has been sentenced to jail for fatally beating a fellow medical student in a suspected bullying case that sparked public outrage in the country.
Uzbek authorities have released an opposition activist who has spent the last 11 years in prison on charges that his supporters say were politically motivated.
A prominent Uzbek human rights advocate, Ganihon Mamathonov, has been released after spending eight years in prison.
The head of an Uzbek district collapsed and died shortly after he was excoriated by the Andijon regional chief for not harvesting enough cotton.
A prominent Uzbek opposition activist and human rights advocate, Agzam Turgunov, has been released several months early after nine years in prison.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and his Kyrgyz counterpart, Almazbek Atambaev, on October 5 reiterated the two neighboring Central Asian nations' readiness for closer cooperation.
Independent journalist Solijon Abdurahmonov has been released after more than nine years in prison in Uzbekistan.
A jailed Uzbek human rights activist, Agzam Farmonov, whose 2006 extortion conviction was widely seen as politically motivated, has been released from the notorious Jaslyq prison in northern Uzbekistan.
Exiled Uzbek opposition leader Muhammad Solih says journalist Bobomurad Abdullaev was detained last week in Tashkent for his professional activities.
Spain’s high court has authorized the extradition of a Russian man wanted by U.S. authorities for running a massive computer bot that sent tens of millions of spam e-mails over many years.
A France-based rights group has urged Uzbek authorities to release journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev, who supporters say has been held incommunicado in custody for several days.
Uzbek police have released writer Nurullo Otahonov after detaining him last week on his return from exile.
Dismissing the advice of friends to give Tashkent more time to show its commitment to reform, an exiled critic of the former regime in Uzbekistan finds himself jailed by its successor.
Ahmadjon Odilov, one of the high-profile protagonists in a Soviet-era anticorruption campaign, has died at the age of 92.
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