Uzbekistan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty...
- News items in the archive
- 154
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Uzbekistan is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 154 news items on Uzbekistan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- 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
- 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
- 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