Uzbek leader re-elected for seven-year term in snap election
Tashkent, Uzbekistan Reuters Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1 per cent of the vote on Sunday, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary results paving his way to another seven years in power. Mirziyoyev, who has lead Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the […]
Uzbek leader holds early election to extend rule
Tashkent, UzbekistanReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds an early election on Sunday to extend his rule for another seven years, just months after changing the constitution to lift term limits that would have required him to step aside in 2026. Mirziyoyev, 65, has brought Uzbekistan out of near-isolation since taking power in 2016 after the […]
Rights group says hundreds remain detained over Uzbekistan unrest
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Hundreds of people are still in detention in Uzbekistan after deadly unrest this month in the republic of Karakalpakstan over a proposal to strip the region of its autonomous status, a rights group said. Fourteen protesters and four law enforcement officers were killed in the violence, the authorities have said, blaming it on […]
Uzbekistan lifts state of emergency in Karakalpakstan after protest deaths
London, UKReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday signed a decree to lift a state of emergency in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, where at least 18 people were killed when security forces broke up protests earlier this month. Mirziyoyev said on his website that the emergency measures, which included a curfew, were being lifted […]
Activists reject Uzbek Government’s version of deadly protests
London, UKReuters A week after Uzbekistan’s deadliest outbreak of violence in nearly 20 years, opposition politicians and human rights groups are challenging the government’s narrative that protesters were high on drugs and incited by “foreign forces”. Authorities in the Central Asian state say 14 civilians and four law enforcement officers died during clashes that broke […]
Uzbek leader blames “foreign forces” for outbreak of unrest
Tashkent, UzbekistanReuters Uzbekistan’s President blamed “foreign forces” on Wednesday for inciting unrest in the Central Asian state’s autonomous Karakalpakstan republic, where the government says 18 people were killed in violent clashes last week. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the “unpleasant events” were a source of anguish, and the top state prosecutor would conduct a thorough investigation. […]
Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday – the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years. Security forces detained 516 people during the protests, which broke out over plans to curtail Karakalpakstan’s autonomy, […]
Uzbekistan reports casualties in unrest, opposition says at least five killed
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Sunday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central Asian country, and an exiled opposition politician said at least five people had been killed. Separately, a local government official told an Uzbek news website that thousands of people have been […]