Uzbekistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; authoritarian presidential government
- CONSTITUTION
- December 8, 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the civil system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) composed of Senate and Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly
RELIGIONS
sunni majority
From the country
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for premeditated murder and theft in the capital, Tashkent
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided...
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided over by Judge Rustamov of the Tashkent Regional court, ended on 24 November, the banned Uzbek opposition Birlik web site reported on November 29
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering...
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her son in order to steal money in central Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Ozbekiston Ovozi reported
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code...
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code of Practice and the Administrative Code entered into force in Uzbekistan
- OCTOBER 11, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any...
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any statistics on the use of the death penalty, which remains classified as a state secret, Amensty International said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The leader of an underground Islamic group in Uzbekistan...
The leader of an underground Islamic group in Uzbekistan was sentenced to death for conspiring to hijack an aircraft to Afghanistan
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences...
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences carrying the death penalty from eight to four, but the categories remaining - aggression, genocide, terrorism and premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances - are seen as broad enough to allow a w
- AUGUST 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President...
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President Islam Karimov put forward some proposals on the ongoing reform of the country's judicial system