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The Mirobod district court in Tashkent started the trial of Uzbek investigative blogger Abduqodir Mominov, who is known for his criticism of President Shavkat Mirziyoev, on charges of extortion, bribery, violation of privacy, and violation of regulations for trade and providing services.
Uzbekistan's Supreme Court said Abduqodir Mominov, an Uzbek investigative blogger known for his criticism of the government, will go on trial on July 25 on charges of extortion, bribery, violating privacy, and violating regulations for trade and providing services
President Shavkat Mirziyoev secured seven more years in power in a managed election on July 9. An investigation by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service looked at how some of his lesser-known relatives and in-laws have tasted new power and prosperity during his time in charge.
A court in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Andijon has handed prison sentences to 12 former law enforcement officers, including police physicians, after finding them guilty of being involved in beating a suspect to death at a detention center in March 2022 and attempting to cover up the situation.
According to the ministry, the blast in the Uzbek capital's Chilonzor district was caused by a gas leak.
The Moscow-based son of late Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Pyotr Karimov, has filed a civil lawsuit against his stepmother and Uzbekistan's former first lady, Tatyana Karimova, over unspecified inheritance issues.
Rasul Kusherbaev, an adviser to Uzbekistan's natural resources minister and a former lawmaker, has warned against signing of a deal with Russia on the construction of a long-discussed nuclear power plant.
The Ilhom Theater in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, has staged what it called "a reading" of a play by jailed Russian theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk, who were arrested in May in Moscow on a charge of justification of terrorism through the play.
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has rejected appeals by Karakalpak journalists Dauletmurat Tajimuratov and Lolagul Kallykhanova against the lengthy prison terms they were handed over mass anti-government protests in the country's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic last year.
Two self-exiled activists from Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms over last year's mass protests in the local capital, Nukus.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has announced an early presidential election will be held in a move that follows recent constitutional amendments that extended the presidential term from five to seven years.
Irina Matvienko, a noted defender of women's rights in Uzbekistan, says she has fled the country after unknown individuals threatened online to kill her.
An Uzbek court has sentenced several individuals for smuggling goods to and from Kyrgyzstan through a tunnel illegally dug on private property near the Kyrgyz border.
Uzbek officials said voters approved a series of constitutional amendments that, among other things, pave the way for President Shavkat Mirziyoev to stay in office until 2040.
Uzbeks have been voting in a constitutional referendum that could pave the way for President Shavkat Mirziyoev to remain in power until 2040.
Noted Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev has been detained in Turkey on unspecified charges and his family says they fear he will be tortured if returned to the Central Asian country.
Tashkent-based lawyer Sergei Mayorov has called on Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and other officials "to stop torturing" lawyer and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, who was handed a 16-year prison sentence in late January over anti-government protests in the Karakalpakstan region last year.
Early voting has started in Uzbekistan in a referendum on a new constitution that would allow 65-year-old President Shavkat Mirziyoev to run again and opens the way for him to retain power until 2040.
Uzbek-born journalist and documentary filmmaker Shahida Yakub says she was prevented from entering Uzbekistan when she arrived in Tashkent for a private visit on April 3.
An international musical festival in Tashkent that was to be headlined by more than 30 "pro-Putin" Russian musicians has been cancelled, following similar cancellations in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
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