On 22 May 2023, Kazakhstani human rights defender Galym Ageleuov was barred from entering Uzbekistan. The human rights defender was travelling to Tashkent to participate as an observer in the upcoming appeal hearing in the Higher Court of Uzbekistan of the 22 protesters detained in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan in July 2022. The court hearing was scheduled for 23 May 2023.
On 13 September 2024, Kazakhstani authorities rejected the asylum application of Karakalpak human rights defender, community leader, and advocate Aqylbek Muratbai. The human rights defender now faces the possibility of extradition to Uzbekistan, where he could receive a severe prison sentence.
On 30 April 2024, a pro-government blogger published a defamatory YouTube video targeting Umida Niyazova, a prominent woman human rights defender. Earlier, on 18 April, the same blogger, accompanied by an unidentified man, ambushed Umida Niyazova and fellow woman human rights defender Sharifa Madrakhimova outside Madrakhimova's home in the Fergana region.
On 2 July 2024, the lawyer of human rights defender Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, Sergey Mayorov, filed a complaint in order to change the conditions of the human rights defender’s detention. The complaint outlined a continued ill-treatment of Dauletmurat Tajimuratov in the high-security prison.
On 28 November 2023, Dauletmurat Tajimuratov’s lawyer Sergey Mayorov visited the human rights defender in Navoi prison colony. The lawyer reported that Dauletmurat Tajimuratov is being ill-treated by the prison administration.
On 25 September 2021, woman human rights defender Valentina Chupik was barred from returning to Russia, where she has resided with refugee status since 2006. Upon her arrival from Yerevan, Armenia, the Russian border patrol officers informed Valentina Chupik that she had violated border crossing regulations and informed her that Russian authorities had denied her refugee status which came into effect immediately.
On 1 August 2024, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld a 13-years and 9-months imprisonment sentence against human rights defender and lawyer Bakhrom Khamroev. The court session took place with Bakhrom Khamroev participating remotely via videoconference from Vladimir Region Maximum Security Prison (Vladimirskiy Central Prison) in the Vladimir Region of Russia. In February 2024, it was reported that Bakhrom Khamroev faced harassment and physical violence in prison.
On 30 April 2024, a pro-government blogger published a defamatory YouTube video targeting Umida Niyazova, a prominent woman human rights defender. Earlier, on 18 April, the same blogger, accompanied by an unidentified man, ambushed Umida Niyazova and fellow woman human rights defender Sharifa Madrakhimova outside Madrakhimova's home in the Fergana region.
On 13 April 2020, The Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan revoked the notice issued to Nemolchi.uz, which stated that some materials published on its website contradicted Uzbek law. The Agency wrote: “Given the relevance and social significance of the problems of domestic violence and violations of women's rights raised by ‘Nemolchi.uz’, the Agency intends to withdraw the previously sent notice, as well as revise the criteria for analysing the content of publications on these issues in the media.’’
On 12 July 2024, the General prosecutor's office in Kyrgyzstan filed a second appeal against the Pervomaiskyi District Court's decision from 14 June 2024 on the Kempir-Abad case.
