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 30, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Andrey Khvan was sentenced to death and four others...
Andrey Khvan was sentenced to death and four others to long prison terms for burglary and murder in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, the Uzbek newspaper Vecherniy Tashkent reported
- JULY 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
- MAY 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death...
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death for murder and robbery
- APRIL 10, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death...
A court in the Surkhandarya Region sentenced to death Akmal Jumayev after convicting him of robbing and murdering a middle-aged woman
- APRIL 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's...
The UN Human Rights Committee deplored the State party's refusal to reveal the number of persons who have been executed or condemned to death
- MARCH 31, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death...
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death sentences, passed in November 1999 on Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev, to 15 years imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH 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, 2001UzbekistanDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 5, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists...
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists should be given the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement...
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Takhir Yuldashev and field commander Dzhuma Namagani-to death in absentia and sentenced 10 others to various terms of imprisonment for their role in the February 1999 bombings
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced...
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced one man to death and another 13 to prison terms of up to 24 years for their part in Islamic separatist fighting in November 1999 that claimed 11 lives
- AUGUST 14, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter...
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter to the Uzbek government demanding the immediate release of Muslims sentenced to death in prisons for their religious beliefs
- JULY 10, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to Amnesty International 28- year-old Dimitry...
According to Amnesty International 28- year-old Dimitry Chikunov, who had been sentenced to death for the killing of two men in April 1999, was executed in secret in Tashkent
- JULY 3, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were...
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were sentenced to death by the Samarkand Regional court in central Uzbekistan
- JUNE 14, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
In the name of fighting Islamic terrorism Uzbek authorities...
In the name of fighting Islamic terrorism Uzbek authorities imprisoned at least 5,000 people, Uzbek human rights advocates said
- MAY 16, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced to death two residents...
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced to death two residents of eastern Namangan Region identified as Dilmurod and Ilhom Ergashev for the murder of a mini bus driver Yusuf Suyarqulov
- APRIL 27, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment...
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment for drug smuggling
- APRIL 11, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the eastern Uzbek Namangan Region sentenced...
A court in the eastern Uzbek Namangan Region sentenced Anvarjon Mahmudov, a policeman, to death for shooting dead one person and badly injuring two others
- APRIL 9, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
International terrorist Palvannozir Khadzhayev a member...
International terrorist Palvannozir Khadzhayev a member of the extremist organization Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan whose goal was to overthrow the country's constitutional order was extradited from Russia to Uzbekistan
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- JANUARY 31, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan...
The European Union condemned the execution by Uzbekistan of six people accused of planting bombs which killed 16 people in Tashkent
- JANUARY 7, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of organizing bombings in the...
Six people convicted of organizing bombings in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, were executed, a high-ranking official in the Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office said
- JANUARY 1, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
In Uzbekistan there is no death penalty for women
In Uzbekistan there is no death penalty for women
- JANUARY 1, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty...
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty for 13 offenses as opposed to the 30 offenses of the previous code
- JANUARY 1, 2000UzbekistanDEATH 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
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen...
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev to death for murdering Laylo Aliyeva, a singer, and her 3-year-old son on May 1, 1998
- OCTOBER 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate...
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate and Hands off Cain went to Uzbekistan to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 4, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, three bandits, K
On August 4, three bandits, K
- JUNE 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed...
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed proceedings, which started on June 2, on the criminal cases of 22 citizens involved in the act of terrorism carried out in Tashkent in 1999