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
- AUGUST 5, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- JULY 25, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly criticised Uzbekistan's execution of six people whose cases were awaiting the committee's consideration
- JULY 15, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek...
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, was sentenced to death for murdering four people in order to steal their money, Uzbek TV reported
- JULY 8, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the 55-nation Organisation for Security...
The head of the 55-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on called on Uzbekistan to refrain from further use of the death penalty following warnings that the ex-Soviet republic has secretly executed prisoners awaiting appeal he
- JULY 8, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand...
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan urged Uzbekistan not to execute prisoners who had appealed their convictions to a UN committee after reports of at least one such execution in the past month
- JULY 8, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the 55-nation Organisation for Security...
The head of the 55-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on called on Uzbekistan to refrain from further use of the death penalty following warnings that the ex-Soviet republic has secretly executed prisoners awaiting appeal he
- JULY 8, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand...
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan urged Uzbekistan not to execute prisoners who had appealed their convictions to a UN committee after reports of at least one such execution in the past month
- JUNE 18, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Reporting on the treatment of Muslims in Uzbekistan,...
Reporting on the treatment of Muslims in Uzbekistan, the Muslim Uzbekistan web site stated that: "Tens of thousands of Uzbek Muslims have been unlawfully arrested, thousands have been tortured and dozens have been killed in extra-judicial executions
- JUNE 11, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's central Bukhara Region sentenced...
A court in Uzbekistan's central Bukhara Region sentenced a man to death and his accomplice to 20 years imprisonment after finding them guilty of killing a driver on 31 August 2002 with the purpose of hijacking his car, the Huquq newspaper reported
- MAY 26, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Guardian newspaper reported that independent human...
The Guardian newspaper reported that independent human rights groups estimated that there are over 600 politically motivated arrests a year are made in Uzbekistan, and 6,500 political prisoners, some tortured to death
- APRIL 9, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's central Tashkent Region passed...
A court in Uzbekistan's central Tashkent Region passed a death sentence on two men who knifed a woman and her child to death with the intent of robbing them, the Toshkent Haqiqati newspaper reported
- JANUARY 27, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation...
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation Council meeting, for its failure to respect the human rights of prisoners and for its usage of the death penalty