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 29, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Oybek Ruzmetov, born in 1965, and Uyghun Ruzmetov,...
Oybek Ruzmetov, born in 1965, and Uyghun Ruzmetov, born in 1970 "had been secretly sentenced to death in the Tashkent Prosecutor's Office under the Wahhabi banner and had been interrogated without defence lawyers"
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 7, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center...
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center revealed that residents of the country objected to imposing a moratorium on the death penalty or abolishing capital punishment
- APRIL 29, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which...
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which it voiced concern over the destinies of people sentenced to death in Uzbekistan
- APRIL 12, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The number of crimes punishable by the death penalty were reduced from eight to four through amendments to the Criminal Code that came into effect in October 2001.
The number of crimes punishable by the death penalty were reduced from eight to four through amendments to the Criminal Code that came into effect in October 2001.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced Aziz Karimov to the...
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced Aziz Karimov to the death penalty, aftre convicting him of being one of the plotters of the explosion in Bishkek's Oberon marketplace on 27 December 2002 which claimed seven lives
- DECEMBER 8, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A last-minute decision by Uzbekistan to shut down a...
A last-minute decision by Uzbekistan to shut down a conference on its use of the death penalty prompted dismay among diplomats and campaigners
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using...
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using the death penalty and accused the ex-Soviet republic of executing dozens of people annually without giving them access to a proper justice system
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek laws stress that death sentences are not applied...
Uzbek laws stress that death sentences are not applied to convicts who are found to have a mental disorder
- AUGUST 12, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the...
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the Tashkent city court for criminal affairs sentencing Iskandar Khudoyberganov, 29, to death