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
- 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
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified...
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified as Murod Musurmonov for knifing a woman and her son to death during a robbery
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer...
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer in Uzbekistan, a Supreme Court source said
- JANUARY 29, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's southern Surkhandarya Region...
A court in Uzbekistan's southern Surkhandarya Region sentenced Hasan Pirnazarov to death for murdering four people - his wife, two sons and mother-in-law, the Uzbek newspaper Turkiston reported
- JANUARY 18, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention...
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention by the UN Human Rights Committee urging the Uzbek authorities to put the execution on hold
- JANUARY 1, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
In July 2000 the general procuracy confirmed that 19...
In July 2000 the general procuracy confirmed that 19 death sentences handed down in 1999 for involvement in the Tashkent bombings had been carried out
- JANUARY 1, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The number of crimes liable for the death penalty were...
The number of crimes liable for the death penalty were reduced from eight to four through amendments to the Criminal Code that came into effect in October 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached...
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached an alarmingly high number with at least 56 death sentences and 20 executions known since the beginning of 1999
- DECEMBER 18, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for "cold-bloodedly" murdering...
A man was sentenced to death for "cold-bloodedly" murdering three people in eastern Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Inson va Qonun reported
- DECEMBER 14, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader...
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader of one of Uzbekistan's main opposition parties, saying he should not be extradited to the former Soviet republic, where he faces a long prison sentence
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal...
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal Court to decide against the extradition of Uzbek dissident Mohammed Solih to Uzbekistan
- DECEMBER 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for premeditated murder and theft in the capital, Tashkent
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided...
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided over by Judge Rustamov of the Tashkent Regional court, ended on 24 November, the banned Uzbek opposition Birlik web site reported on November 29
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering...
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her son in order to steal money in central Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Ozbekiston Ovozi reported
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code...
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code of Practice and the Administrative Code entered into force in Uzbekistan
- OCTOBER 11, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any...
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any statistics on the use of the death penalty, which remains classified as a state secret, Amensty International said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The leader of an underground Islamic group in Uzbekistan...
The leader of an underground Islamic group in Uzbekistan was sentenced to death for conspiring to hijack an aircraft to Afghanistan
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences...
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences carrying the death penalty from eight to four, but the categories remaining - aggression, genocide, terrorism and premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances - are seen as broad enough to allow a w
- AUGUST 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President...
Speaking at a parliamentary session Uzbek President Islam Karimov put forward some proposals on the ongoing reform of the country's judicial system