The CSTO announced the participation of foreigners in protests in Uzbekistan

The organization stated that foreign representatives tried to bring the situation in Karakalpakstan to a “negative development”. After the protests, the authorities agreed to exclude the changes that outraged the demonstrators from the draft Constitution

The CSTO announced the participation of foreigners in protests in Uzbekistan

The participation of representatives of foreign states can be traced in the protests in Uzbekistan, they “contribute to the negative development” of the situation, said the representative of the CSTO secretariat Alexander Kuznetsov at the IX Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum” Sochi”, reports TASS.

“The events that occurred as a result of attempts to amend the Constitution of [Uzbekistan] also have a negative impact,” Kuznetsov noted.

The protests began on July 1 in Nukus, the capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, which is part of Uzbekistan. The discontent of local residents was caused by the draft amendments to the Constitution, which contained a proposal to exclude from it the provisions on the sovereignty of Karakalpakstan and the right of its people to secede based on the results of a general referendum.

The next day, law enforcement agencies announced the detention of the organizers and reported that the participants of the actions in Nukus tried to seize the buildings of the authorities. The local parliament, the Government and the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted attempts by external forces to influence the situation “through targeted information stuffing and distortion of the events”.

After the protests, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev promised not to change the articles of the Constitution concerning the republic. Subsequently, the country’s parliament announced a decision to amend the new draft of the Basic Law and preserve the sovereignty of Karakalpakstan in it. Mirziyoyev imposed a state of emergency and a curfew in the region for a month (from 21:00 to 7:00 local time). On July 3, the authorities announced the stabilization of the situation.

On July 4, it became known about the initiation of a criminal case against the journalist and activist Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, who called on the residents of the republic to rally for encroaching on the constitutional system. He faces up to 20 years in prison. On the same day, the National Guard reported 18 dead and 243 injured in Nukus. 516 people were detained.

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Karakalpakstan is the former Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast, which was withdrawn from the Kazakh ASSR in 1930 and transferred to the RSFSR. In 1936–1990, it was part of the Uzbek SSR. In December 1990, the Parliament of Karakalpakstan adopted the declaration of state sovereignty, and in 1993 it was signedan agreement on joining Uzbekistan for 20 years with the right to withdraw in the event of a referendum.

The CSTO is a Collective Security Treaty Organization. It includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

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