Uzbekistan: Attack and judicial harassment against Miraziz Bazarov
03/05/2021
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Uzbekistan
May 3, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your intervention in the following situation in Uzbekistan.
Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed about the physical attack and the judicial harassment against independent blogger
Miraziz Bazarov. On his social media accounts, Mr. Bazarov advocates for the decriminalisation of consensual same-sex conduct between men in Uzbekistan. In early March 2021, he expressed support for a joint statement calling for the decriminalisation of consensual sexual relations between adult menpublished by international and national NGOs, including the OMCT and FIDH. Mr. Bazarov has also been outspoken about cases of corruption and the lack of transparency over the use of Covid-19-related funds by the authorities.