3 November 2025, at 11:07 Central European Time (15:07 Tashkent time), the political opposition movement Erkin O'zbekiston published information on its website about the Uzbek Defence Ministry's use of an email address registered
A scandal is brewing in the Azerbaijani segment of the internet over people swimming in the Mingachevir Reservoir, one of the largest reservoirs in the country, which is mainly used to supply drinking
With a single reckless decision by the Uzbek authorities, over 5 million citizens suddenly found themselves held hostage to its consequences. This concerns the large-scale construction of the international tourist complex Sea Breeze
The voices of Uzbek government propaganda continue to mislead the international community by claiming that, since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, the country has embarked on large-scale reforms and that peopleâs lives have
The public outcry over the unlawful criminal prosecution of Lieutenant Colonel Valijon Rakhmanov, an officer in the Military Counterintelligence Department of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan (SSS), has compelled the countryâs judiciary
Yesterday, 01.04.2025, at approximately 10-00 CET, we published, on the YouTube channel "Erkin O'zbekiston", a video message from the mother of Lieutenant Colonel Valijon Rakhmanov, an employee of the Military Counterintelligence Department of
Report of the political opposition movement "Erkin O'zbekiston" (Free Uzbekistan) at the First Session of the 1st OSCE ODIHR Supplementary Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. City of Vienna (Austria), 17 March 2025. The lack
As Shavkat Mirziyoyevâs health deteriorates, the struggle for power among potential successors is intensifying, raising concerns that it could escalate into a civil war in Uzbekistan. Sensing the imminent collapse of Mirziyoyevâs regime,
In Uzbekistan, the trial of Valijon Rakhmanov, a lieutenant colonel in the Military Counterintelligence Department of the State Security Service (SSS) is ongoing. The Mirziyaev administration has accused him of espionage in favor
On January 9 2025, the judicial board of the Military Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, chaired by the deputy judge Akmal Fayzullayevich Jonqobilov, sentenced Valijon Rakhmanov, Lieutenant Colonel of the Military Counterintelligence
