BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his allies. In the October 2021 presidential election, President Mirziyoyev won reelection with 80.2 percent of the total votes. A genuine choice of political alternatives was not available to voters because ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Thursday, 23 March, 2023 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Official Reports, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Uzbekistan | Tags: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, Labor, Uzbekistan
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of State will release an addendum to this report in mid 2021 that expands the subsection on Women in Section 6 to include a broader range of issues related to reproductive rights. Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system led by ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Wednesday, 31 March, 2021 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Official Reports, Press Releases, Reports, South & Central Asia, Transcripts, U.S. & Uzbekistan | Tags: Human Rights
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Uzbekistan MARCH 11, 2020 Executive Summary Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system dominated by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his supporters. In 2016 Mirziyoyev, the former prime minister, won the presidential elections with 88 percent of the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Thursday, 12 March, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Official Reports, Press Releases, Reports, U.S. & Uzbekistan | Tags: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, Labor, Uzbekistan
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2017 Sixty-nine years ago today, in the aftermath of World War II, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to recognize and elevate the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all individuals, and that these rights are the foundation ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Tuesday, 12 December, 2017 | Topics: Human Rights, Press Releases | Tags: Human Rights
May 12, 2017 The U.S. Embassy takes note of the first-ever visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights May 10-11 and the successful visit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly President May 7-10. These visits come at an important time and afford the government the opportunity to ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Friday, 12 May, 2017 | Topics: embassy, Human Rights, Press Releases | Tags: Human Rights, Jamshid Karimov
Ambassador Pamela L. Spratlen UN Human Rights Day Remarks (As Delivered) December 9, 2016 Residence of EU Ambassador Eduards Stiprais (Latvia) (Begin transcript)Ассалом aлейкум, добрый вечер, and good evening to everyone! I would like to begin by, of course, welcoming the Ombudsman to this event – it is a pleasure to see you; and I ...
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By U.S. Mission Uzbekistan | Tuesday, 13 December, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude, Human Rights, Speeches, Transcripts | Tags: Human Rights
