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
- JULY 30, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Andrey Khvan was sentenced to death and four others...
Andrey Khvan was sentenced to death and four others to long prison terms for burglary and murder in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, the Uzbek newspaper Vecherniy Tashkent reported
- JULY 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
- MAY 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death...
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death for murder and robbery
- APRIL 10, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death...
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death Akmal Jumayev after convicting him of robbing and murdering a middle-aged woman
- APRIL 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's...
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's refusal to reveal the number of persons who have been executed or condemned to death
- MARCH 31, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death...
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death sentences, passed in November 1999 on Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev, to 15 years imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The number of crimes liable for the death penalty were...
The number of crimes liable for the death penalty were reduced from eight to four through amendments to the Criminal Code that came into effect in October 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached...
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached an alarmingly high number with at least 56 death sentences and 20 executions known since the beginning of 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
In July 2000 the general procuracy confirmed that 19...
In July 2000 the general procuracy confirmed that 19 death sentences handed down in 1999 for involvement in the Tashkent bombings had been carried out
- DECEMBER 5, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists...
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists should be given the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement...
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Takhir Yuldashev and field commander Dzhuma Namagani-to death in absentia and sentenced 10 others to various terms of imprisonment for their role in the February 1999 bombings
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced...
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced one man to death and another 13 to prison terms of up to 24 years for their part in Islamic separatist fighting in November 1999 that claimed 11 lives