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Agriculture · Samarkand

Uzbek Presidential Advisor for Agriculture: “Their ears should be cut off” | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Leaked Videos Reveal the Brutal Methods of the Presidential Advisor for Agriculture The independent Uzbek Telegram channel Eltuz has published two leaked video recordings from an online meeting between Shukhrat Ganiev, the Presidential Advisor on Agricultural Development, and regional officials, recorded in June and July of this year. Ganiev, who oversees Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector and is known for his threatening and even thuggish behavio…Read Article

Uzbekistan · Uzbekistan

Farmers who do not deliver additional grain are being cut off from electricity and water | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Farmers in Bagdad district of Fergana region told journalist Sharifa Madrahimova that the district hokim is forcing them to deliver more grain to the state than is specified in their contracts. To force the farmers to hand over the grain, the hokim of Baghdad district ordered the electricity and water supply to be cut off, preventing farmers from planting rice on land cleared after the grain harvest. According to Fergana-based lawyer Askarali Fa…Read Article

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Uzbek Farmer Punished with Water Cutoff After Refusing to Surrender Extra Grain to the State | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Radio Ozodlik posted an appeal made by a farmer from Oltinsoy district (Surkhandarya region) who has accused the district hokim of deliberately cutting off his water supply in retaliation for refusing to surrender an additional 40 tons of grain beyond his contractual obligation. In his video appeal Bobur Pardaev, a farmer from the Oltinsoy district, addressed the district hokim, Bahrom Mahmatraemov, standing in the middle of his wilted cotton fi…Read Article

Obstacles to Registration of Human Rights NGO Akbaskur in Karakalpakstan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

The experience of activists seeking to legally register as a regional non-governmental organization (NGO), Akbaskur, in Karakalpakstan reflects the challenges faced by civil society organizations in Uzbekistan. Despite repeated attempts to obtain state registration, which began in December 2019, Akbaskur (originally named Chiroq) has faced bureaucratic hurdles, contradictory administrative requirements, and direct pressure from local authorities…Nukus · Nukus Read Article

Uzbekistan’s Response to UN Working Group Opinion on Gulnara Karimova Case | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

On July 9, 2025, the Government of Uzbekistan has issued an official statement in response to Opinion No. 17/2025 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Gulnara Karimova. Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan, once a prominent public figure and diplomat, has been convicted of multiple serious crimes, including tax evasion, embezzlement, fraud, and money laundering and arrested in 2014…Uzbekistan · Uzbekistan Read Article

Uzbekistan farmers will face new fines for unused land on the borders of fields | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

On July 5, 2025, the Uzbek parliament passed the first reading of a law requiring farmers to plant crops on the edges of fields, otherwise they will face fines and a threefold increase in taxes on the entire area of land. According to the law, farmers who do not sow crops along the edges of their fields or near irrigation and drainage systems by April 1 each year may face the following penalties: A threefold increase in land tax on the entire a…Taxes · Uzbekistan Read Article

Gulnara Karimova – Victim of her own Father’s “Justice” System | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Comment by Umida Niyazova The fate of Gulnara Karimova seems to hold little interest for many Uzbeks. Long ago, commenting on her arrest in 2014, the Uzbek General Prosecutor’s Office tersely reported that the president’s daughter and businesswoman had caused $1.3 billion in damage to the country, yet no one knows any details about the criminal cases inside the country. Meanwhile, Gulnara Karimova’s Swiss lawyer, who has been trying to defend he…Tashkent · Tashkent Read Article

Farmer Beaten by Police for Refusing to Fulfill Silkworm Cocoon Quota | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

On May 17, 2025, three police officers in the Kamashi district of Uzbekistan’s Kashkadarya region severely beat a farmer, Sirojiddin Kurbanov, after he refused to comply with their demands. The officers arrived at Kurbanov’s field and ordered him to go to the district police station. When he refused, saying he needed to irrigate his wheat, they tied him up, beat and kicked him, and transported him to the prosecutor’s office. In an interview with…Qashqadaryo Region · Qashqadaryo Region Read Article

Uzbekistan’s State Security Service Tortures Whistleblower, Lawyer’s License Suspended | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

A prominent Tashkent defense lawyer, Allan Pashkovskiy, has made serious public accusations against Uzbekistan’s special services, alleging they fabricated a criminal case against his client, whistleblower and former State Security Service (SSS) lieutenant colonel Valijon Rakhmanov. Pashkovskiy further implicates the Uzbek judiciary in aiding those attempting to fabricate the case. These accusations have reportedly led to Pashkovskiy and a colle…Tashkent · Tashkent Read Article

Uzbek Farmer Says Local Authorities Illegally Seized Surplus Wheat | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Farmer Barno Davlatova from the Syrdarya district, Syrdarya region, has accused local authorities of unlawfully confiscating her surplus wheat, which was in excess of her contractual obligations with the state enterprise Oqoltin Don. In a report published by local media Effect.uz, Davlatova said that on June 6, on the religious holiday of Kurban-Khayit, the district hokim (head of the local administration), Aziz Turdimurodov, sent a police unit …Uzbekistan · Uzbekistan Read Article

When Development Finance Does More Harm than Good: The Case of Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

In January 2025, Indorama Agro abruptly prepaid its loans and walked away from its contractual obligation to implement the EBRD’s E&S standards in Uzbekistan. As the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) begins its Annual Meeting in London this week, civil society organizations and project-affected people are demanding accountability and remedy for harm caused by the bank’s investment in the Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzb…Uzbekistan · Uzbekistan Read Article

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Uzbek Presidential Advisor for Agriculture: “Their ears should be cut off” | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Farmers who do not deliver additional grain are being cut off from electricity and water | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbek Farmer Punished with Water Cutoff After Refusing to Surrender Extra Grain to the State | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Obstacles to Registration of Human Rights NGO Akbaskur in Karakalpakstan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan’s Response to UN Working Group Opinion on Gulnara Karimova Case | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan farmers will face new fines for unused land on the borders of fields | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Gulnara Karimova – Victim of her own Father’s “Justice” System | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Farmer Beaten by Police for Refusing to Fulfill Silkworm Cocoon Quota | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan’s State Security Service Tortures Whistleblower, Lawyer’s License Suspended | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbek Farmer Says Local Authorities Illegally Seized Surplus Wheat | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

When Development Finance Does More Harm than Good: The Case of Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

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Obstacles to Registration of Human Rights NGO Akbaskur in Karakalpakstan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan’s Response to UN Working Group Opinion on Gulnara Karimova Case | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan farmers will face new fines for unused land on the borders of fields | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Gulnara Karimova – Victim of her own Father’s “Justice” System | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Farmer Beaten by Police for Refusing to Fulfill Silkworm Cocoon Quota | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbekistan’s State Security Service Tortures Whistleblower, Lawyer’s License Suspended | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Uzbek Farmer Says Local Authorities Illegally Seized Surplus Wheat | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

When Development Finance Does More Harm than Good: The Case of Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights