Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, met with rights activists in Tashkent on August 20, 2024 as part of his visit to Uzbekistan. Issues such as illegal demolitions taking place in Tashkent, its impact on the environment and climate change, violation of rights to personal property, and its […]
In the messages distributed by activists or media representatives on social networks, direct appeals of convicts or prisoners, or through their close relatives, in some cases, we find information about inhumane treatment and torture of detainees in penal institutions. And in most cases, we witness that this attitude is caused by the lack of culture […]
Dear colleagues, partners, and advocates for freedom of speech, We, as representatives of the “Birlik” party and “Association of Central Asia”, including our representative office in Uzbekistan, are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in the realm of human rights and freedom of speech in our country. We would like to particularly draw attention to the fate of Otabek […]
By Gulnoz Mamarasulova Affordable housing projects funded by foreign investment are an important initiative to benefit low-income families in need of housing, especially in rural areas, but there are several challenges. In June 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the allocation of a results-based loan of $500 million to support a project for the construction of multi-story affordable housing […]
Roundtable on Prison Conditions in Uzbekistan Dear colleagues and participants, I am Gulnoz Mamarasulova, the representative of the Sweden-based human rights organization Association Central Asia, which was registered by the Ministry of Justice in Uzbekistan in 2020. I would like to congratulate you all on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. […]
Today, September 29, young people interested in the life of civil society and the activities of NGOs visited the representative office of the Association of Central Asia in Uzbekistan. At the meeting in the form of a roundtable discussion, the director of the office, Gulnoz Mamarasulova, discussed the following issues with the students of the […]
On August 10, 2023, the representative office of the “Central Asian Association” Society participated in the monitoring to study the conditions in the penal institution No. 6 in the Pop district and to check whether the rights of the detainees are ensured there. The conditions created there were studied, conversations were held with the prisoners. […]
Today, on August 9, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, met with civil society activists during his visit to Uzbekistan. During the meeting, Mr. Osmani expressed his views on the role and importance of civil society in carrying out socio-political and economic reforms, and that all the government’s efforts […]
Freedom of speech and independent journalism are one of the main pillars of a democratic society. It is the duty of the state to protect them. Dear Government Representatives, As a result of the policy of openness and democratization introduced by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev from 2016 – 2020, there have […]
Sustainable Development Goal 4 titled ‘Quality Education’ is one of the core goals of the SDGs developed by the United Nations in 2015. This goal aims to achieve universal access to a quality education by reducing disparities and inequities consistently. TSUULL University contributes to UN SDG through its teaching and community projects. Our Public Lecture […]
On February 21, the European Union delegation visited Uzbekistan and started the meetings with civil society activists.Director of the Representative Office of the “Association Central Asia” in Uzbekistan, Gulnoz Mamarasulova, also participated in the meeting and expressed concerns about the difficulties in registering NGOs and violations of labor rights in Uzbekistan.
Activist Polat Shamshetov, who on January 31 was handed a prison term along with 22 other people for taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in Uzbekistan’s Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan last year, has died in custody.