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
- JANUARY 15, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek TV reported that the Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced...
Uzbek TV reported that the Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced the leader of a gang to death and four other members to long prison terms for multiple murders during a series of organized robberies
- DECEMBER 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of...
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of routinely using torture to terrorize opponents and obtain confessions which sometimes resulted in courts handing down the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent city court sentenced 28-year-old Iskandar...
The Tashkent city court sentenced 28-year-old Iskandar Khudoyberganov to death and another five people, accused of being his accomplices, to prison terms ranging from six to 16 years
- OCTOBER 4, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a court...
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a court in Tashkent sentenced two men to death for killing two policemen
- AUGUST 23, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Adolat newspaper reported that Yunusali Rahmonov...
The Adolat newspaper reported that Yunusali Rahmonov and Iqbol Usmonov were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 10, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500...
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500 Muslims are currently in jail in Uzbekistan for supposed sympathies with Muslim extremist groups
- MAY 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights...
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, said that those sentenced to death are under very strict guard and are isolated from other inmates and do not enjoy the same prison conditions as other prisoners, but they can r
- APRIL 11, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for murdering his aunt...
A man was sentenced to death for murdering his aunt and a cousin during a robbery in the northwest of Uzbekistan, the newspaper Na Postu reported
- APRIL 1, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
April-May 20, 2002: Nigmatullo Fayzullayev and Maksim...
April-May 20, 2002: Nigmatullo Fayzullayev and Maksim Strakhov were executed at the end of April and on 20 May respectively despite interventions by the UN Human Rights Committee on 16 October 2001 urging the Uzbek authorities to put the executions on hol
- MARCH 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yevgeniy Turetskiy ,one member of a gang was sentenced...
Yevgeniy Turetskiy ,one member of a gang was sentenced to death and three others to long terms of imprisonment for killing a woman during a robbery in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, in 1999
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two...
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two members of a nine-strong gang to death and other members to long terms of imprisonment for drug trafficking, Uzbek newspaper Golos Uzbekistana reported
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous...
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic sentenced a man to death for murdering two pensioners during a robbery, the newspaper Na Postu reported