Skip to main content
Back to content

Region: Uzbekistan

KeepItOn 2024 Elections and Internet Shutdowns Watch

2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch

5 Feb 2024

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2024 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Campaign
2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
5 Feb 2024
2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity

28 Feb 2023
Press Release
Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity
28 Feb 2023
Resurging internet shutdowns in 2022: weapons of control, shields of impunity
Report: Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia|Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

13 Oct 2022

Dictators are using digital tools to repress and suppress democratic dissent, reinforcing digital authoritarianism. Our latest report looks at what’s happening in the EECA region, and how pro-democracy activists are fighting back against digital dictatorship.

Post
Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
13 Oct 2022
Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

13 Oct 2022

“Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” unpacks the tools of oppression in the region, and explores resistance.

Press Release
Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
13 Oct 2022
Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Burkina Faso internet

Uzbekistan region in information vacuum, authorities must #KeepItOn

6 Jul 2022

Access Now is demanding an end to an information vacuum that is exacerbating social unrest in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan.

Press Release
Uzbekistan region in information vacuum, authorities must #KeepItOn
6 Jul 2022
Uzbekistan region in information vacuum, authorities must #KeepItOn
Burkina Faso internet

What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central Asia

7 Dec 2021

Turkmenistan internet shutdowns are extreme. Here’s why the international community must take action to combat the wave of online censorship engulfing Central Asia.

Post
What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central Asia
7 Dec 2021
What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central Asia

More heads roll as TeliaSonera probes deals with ‘dictator’s daughter’

3 Dec 2013

Swedish telco TeliaSonera is taking further steps to remedy its involvement in corrupt business deals in Uzbekistan, most recently by Monday’s ousting of four senior executives.

Post
More heads roll as TeliaSonera probes deals with ‘dictator’s daughter’
3 Dec 2013
More heads roll as TeliaSonera probes deals with ‘dictator’s daughter’

Commonwealth of Surveillance States: The dangers of Russian-made surveillance technology

29 Jun 2013

Access recently released a paper by Peter Bourgelais, an Access Tech Fellow, highlighting the growing electronic surveillance in post-Soviet Central Asia and the difficulties of regulating its manufacture and distribution. In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, Russian-made technologies and companies dominate the market, and techniques that have limited regulatory efficacy elsewhere — such as export controls and public campaigning — are much less effective.

Post
Commonwealth of Surveillance States: The dangers of Russian-made surveillance technology
29 Jun 2013
Commonwealth of Surveillance States: The dangers of Russian-made surveillance technology

Teliasonera CEO resigns in wake of corruption probe

1 Feb 2013

Amid allegations of corruption and bribery in Uzbekistan, Swedish telco giant TeliaSonera’s chief executive resigned today after an independent probe found faults with the company’s due diligence in securing the contract.

Post
Teliasonera CEO resigns in wake of corruption probe
1 Feb 2013
Teliasonera CEO resigns in wake of corruption probe