Hackers leak confidential information revealing identities of Uznews journalists, publication closes after 10 years of reporting
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 197th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
"Welcome to digital tyranny"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2014
"Authorities continue targeting journalists, human rights activists"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 166th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
"Authorities block international rights groups and media from operating"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 195th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
In the last year, Uzbek authorities intensified their crackdown on civil society, placing human rights activists under house arrest and incommunicado detention for peaceful civic activism, extending the prison sentences of peaceful opposition figures without due process, and deporting international journalists who attempt to visit the country.
Human Rights Watch
7 March 2013
"University professors have been dismissed or imprisoned for expressing dissent, and some have been killed in response to their outspoken support for regime opponents"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s assessment regarding the Uzbek government’s compliance with its international obligations and the recommendations made during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2008.
Human Rights Watch
31 October 2012
President "has steadily boosted his power, ruthlessly silencing the opposition press through disappearances, forcible internment in psychiatric hospitals and arbitrary imprisonment"
Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2012
"Uzbekistan is one of the region’s most Internet-repressive countries"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2012
Supreme Court orders closing of Tashkent office of Human Rights Watch
Committee to Protect Journalists
21 February 2012
No progress made in press freedom environment as online content becomes focus of government attention
Reporters Without Borders
26 January 2012
Uzbek Information Agency, "involved in trumping up cases against journalist"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012