by admin_HRWF | Jul 6, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
UZBEKISTAN: ‘A small ray of hope’: an urgent chance to decriminalise homosexuality in Uzbekistan As long as the country’s Article 120 exists, said one young man, ‘we will live in fear and homophobes will have power over us’ By Anne Sunder-Plassmann ...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 3, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
A blogger who suggested Uzbekistan decriminalize gay sex was brutally attacked. The Interior Ministry and others blame him for provoking the assault. By Catherine Putz The Diplomat (31.03.2021) – https://bit.ly/3rJu9V7 – The day after a human...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 6, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
ILGA (03.03.2021) – We, ILGA-Europe and the undersigned human rights organisations, call on the President and government of Uzbekistan, member of the UN Human Rights Council, to decriminalise same-sex conduct between men under the ongoing review of the Criminal...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 25, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Mushfig Bayram Forum18 (22.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/2YeT32O – After repeatedly defending Muslims’ freedom of religion and belief, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s residence, Tulkun Astanov has been jailed for five years. A...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Critics complain the draft bill preserves many restrictions. Eurasianet (16.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/2ZX6Coz – Lawmakers in Uzbekistan have approved the first reading of legislation that would, among other things, end a ban on the wearing of...
