Investigate Uzbekistan Deaths, Serious Injuries in Custody

By Human Rights Watch

Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive after police detained him, according to rights groups and local bloggers.Abdurakhmon Tashanov, head of the human rights organization Ezgulik, reported that Muhammadkadir Pulatov, 21, died on February 14, 2025, in central Uzbekistan’s Almalyk prison. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, he died of a heart attack and acute pancreatitis. But Pulatov’s mother said she doubts the official version, explaining she saw her healthy son just two weeks prior. The prosecutor’s statement…

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