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Uzbekistan’s Prosecution of Karakalpakstan Protestors Raises Many Questions
Justice Needed for Victims of Events
This week, the trial began of 22 people accused of various crimes related to street protests in July in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, that left 21 people dead and hundreds injured.
- Mihra Rittmann
- HRW
We now know the names of the defendants and charges against them, but little else about their alleged crimes or the evidence. Media has reported that some defendants, including activist Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov and journalist Lolagul Kallykhanova, have confessed in part or in full.
Authorities have been very secretive about their investigations into the July events.
There was no…