several individuals and activists who had planned to travel from different regions of Uzbekistan to Tashkent to deliver petitions to the High Commissioner

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2023-113-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2023
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 41.377491

Longitude: 64.585262

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Uzbekistan
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • OHCHR: OHCHR - General
  • UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
Dates of prior UN action
March 2023
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Gender
Gender unclear
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity
  1. It was also reported that several individuals and activists who had planned to travel from different regions of Uzbekistan to Tashkent to deliver petitions to the High Commissioner were arrested for several days or called to police stations prior to their travel and interrogated about the purpose of their trip. Relatives of some of these individuals received threatening calls warning them against their plans to travel. It is reported that these movement restrictions prevented their travel and engagement with the High Commissioner.
Type of rights defended
  • Unclear in SG Report
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

engaged, or sought to engage with the United Nations to raise human rights concerns

Engagement with UN body
  • UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
Dates of engagement
March 2023
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
March 2023
Location of mentioned reprisals
Uzbekistan
Reprisal information
  1. It was also reported that several individuals and activists who had planned to travel from different regions of Uzbekistan to Tashkent to deliver petitions to the High Commissioner were arrested for several days or called to police stations prior to their travel and interrogated about the purpose of their trip. Relatives of some of these individuals received threatening calls warning them against their plans to travel. It is reported that these movement restrictions prevented their travel and engagement with the High Commissioner.
Types of reprisals suffered
  • Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
  • Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
  • Detention/Imprisonment: Release within a day
  • Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No