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Three Closed Trials Open Against Former MIA, SGB and State Assets Officials
Closed trials have opened in Tashkent against former MIA deputy minister Bekmurod Abdullayev and 29 co-defendants, ex-State Asset Management Agency head Akmal Ortikov, and former SGB internal-security chief Alijon Ashurov, on charges of embezzlement, abuse…
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Notary System Overrides National Law to Bar Visually Impaired Citizens from Basic Services
A visually impaired Tashkent resident was denied a routine power of attorney on July 24 because a 2019 Ministry of Justice…
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Six Sentenced for Fatal Gulistan Teahouse Explosion as Court Orders 8.7 Billion Soum Asset Seizure
The Akaltyn District Criminal Court has sentenced six people — including the teahouse manager and staff from an unlicensed gas-filling station…
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Life Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes, Energy Price Rises, and a Defense Ministry Overhaul Mark a Turbulent Week
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed legislation imposing life imprisonment for sexual violence against children under 14, as the government simultaneously announced a…
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Central Asian Law Enforcement Agencies Convene in Tashkent to Address Corruption’s Role in Gender-Based Violence
A regional round table convened in Tashkent on 29 November 2022 brought together police, prosecutors and legal educators from four Central…
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US Court Orders Green Card Lottery Reopened, Registration to Begin by November 1
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to resume the Diversity Visa lottery, setting a registration window opening…
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Six Convicted Over Gas Explosion That Killed Six Cooks at Gulistan Teahouse
The Akaltyn District Criminal Court sentenced six people on 21 September 2026 over a gas cylinder explosion at the Bek teahouse…
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Uzbekistan criminalises breaches of immunity rights with up to eight years in prison
A new Uzbek law imposes prison terms of three to eight years for unlawfully detaining or investigating individuals protected by immunity,…
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Collateral damage: Bobomurod Abdullaev and the cost of being blamed
The most consequential error in the hunt for Qora Mergan was made within weeks: the decision to suspect Bobomurod Abdullaev, a…
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Suspect in Allamjonov assassination bid arrested in South Korea as Chechen trail widens
Javlon Yunusov, named as the prime suspect in the October shooting targeting presidential insider Komil Allamjonov, has been arrested in South…
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