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Rights Group Highlights Police Abuse in Karakalpakstan Crackdown
November 08, 2022

Rights Group Highlights Police Abuse in Karakalpakstan Crackdown

By Catherine Putz
Human Rights Watch says Uzbek security forces “unjustifiably” used lethal force to disperse generally peaceful demonstrators this summer.

Uzbekistan’s Ethnic Minorities: Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind
September 01, 2022

Uzbekistan’s Ethnic Minorities: Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind

By Steve Swerdlow
Lessons from the cases of the Meskhetian Turks, Tajiks, and Karakalpaks.
In Karakalpakstan, Mirziyoyev Oversees Selection of New Regional Leader
August 29, 2022

In Karakalpakstan, Mirziyoyev Oversees Selection of New Regional Leader

By Catherine Putz
The Uzbek president scolded regional leaders for failing to address the problems of the people and laid out further investments to address economic problems.

Uzbekistan’s Religious Figures React to Karakalpakstan Unrest
July 27, 2022

Uzbekistan’s Religious Figures React to Karakalpakstan Unrest

By Niginakhon bintu Saida
Given the increasingly prominent role of Islam in Uzbekistan's society, Muslim leaders felt it necessary to chime in on the recent protests.

Unrest in Central Asia: The Trouble in Karakalpakstan
July 06, 2022

Unrest in Central Asia: The Trouble in Karakalpakstan

By Catherine Putz
Although protests this year in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took place in different contexts, with different triggers, there are some similarities worth highlighting.

Karakalpak Protests Reflect the Shattered Promise of Mirziyoyev’s ‘New Uzbekistan’
July 05, 2022

Karakalpak Protests Reflect the Shattered Promise of Mirziyoyev’s ‘New Uzbekistan’

By Ildar Daminov
A proposal to downgrade the autonomous region to a province set off massive protests.

Human Security Central in New Effort to Save the Aral Sea
November 30, 2018

Human Security Central in New Effort to Save the Aral Sea

By Colleen Wood
The United Nations has established a new Multi-Partner Trust Fund for the Aral Sea Region.
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