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
- JUNE 22, 2005KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEE CHIEFS URGE KYRGYZSTAN TO PROTECT UZBEKS
Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, urged Kyrgyzstan to grant protection to people who had fled unrest in neighbouring Uzbekistan. Arbour and Guterres also said that Uzbekis
- APRIL 17, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. OPPOSITION ACTIVIST EXECUTED IN SECRET, UN MAKES INQUIRIES
the United Nations human rights committee addressed Uzbekistan's government in order to receive clarifications regarding the case of Akhrorkhuzha Tolipkhuzhayev, an Uzbeki who was secretly executed on March 1.
- APRIL 13, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. EU CALLS ON TASHKENT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union called on the Uzbek government to abolish the death penalty, European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations Michael Leigh told a press conference in Tashkent.
- APRIL 9, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. PRESSURE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY GROWING - WEB SITE EDITORIAL
“According to the Uzbek law-enforcement agencies, 62 convicts were put to death in the country in 2004. As is known, the only two despotic countries in the CIS, Uzbekistan and Belarus, favour keeping the death penalty.
- MARCH 1, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED AFTER TORTURE, RIGHTS GROUP
it was reported that Uzbekistan executed Akhrorkhodzha Tolipkhodzhayev, bringing to at least 10 the number killed since a 2003 UN appeal for it to suspend the death penalty due to torture concerns, the human rights group Mothers Against Execution and Tort
- FEBRUARY 1, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
the European Union praised Uzbekistan for what...
the European Union praised Uzbekistan for what it said was the country's stated will to institute democratic reforms, respect human rights, and abolish the death penalty.
- JANUARY 28, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek President Islam Karimov said it needed at least 2-3 years to abolish the death penalty
Uzbek President Islam Karimov said it needed at least 2-3 years to abolish the death penalty
- DECEMBER 2, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, one of only two ex-Soviet states...
President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, one of only two ex-Soviet states...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Uzbek authorities to show mercy to a man sentenced to death
Amnesty International urged Uzbek authorities to show mercy to a man sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 4, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organization Amnesty International...
The human rights organization Amnesty International launched a campaign urging Uzbekistan and Belarus to end capital punishment
- AUGUST 10, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
- AUGUST 2, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to...
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to commute the capital sentences of two prisoners allegedly tortured to confess to murder