News of ECOM
February 7, 2023
ECOM Conducts Analysis of National Legislation of Uzbekistan Related to LGBT Rights and HIV
Uzbekistan, while internationally declaring its openness and accessibility to information, including on human rights, remains one of the most closed countries in the world with an authoritarian government. And although...
October 21, 2022
ECOM's Standpoint on the Draft Law on Mandatory Medical Examination of Persons With Suspected HIV in Uzbekistan
What happened? On August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan presented for public discussion a draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers on compulsory medical HIV examination....
June 7, 2022
Torture, Blackmail, Disclosure of Personal Information: Report on Violation of Gay Rights in Uzbekistan
ECOM, together with the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), prepared a report on human rights violations against gays and bisexuals...
June 1, 2021
When is Pride Month 2021?
Pride Month is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots. We’re getting ready to dust off our rainbow flags, douse ourselves in...
May 27, 2021
ECOM Report on Rights Violations: No significant improvements in the respect of LGBT rights in EECA countries!
ECOM is pleased to present its Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay and other MSM and trans* people in the EECA region for 2020. In...
December 16, 2020
Analysis of national legislation related to the rights of LGBT people and HIV in Uzbekistan is now available in Uzbek
ECOM continues its analysis of national legislation related to the rights of LGBT people and HIV in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In 2020, the main focus...
December 10, 2020
Uzbekistan: stop punishing homosexuality and respect the human rights of all
”When I remember the things that happened to me my heart stops beating.” — A former prisoner recalls his time in detention. The NGOs jointly issuing this statement urge the...
April 7, 2020
UN Human Rights Committee urged Uzbekistan again to Repeal article 120 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes homosexuality
On 2nd April 2020, the Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations to Uzbekistan, which was reviewed by the Сommittee for the fifth time. ECOM has submitted its shadow report...
December 19, 2019
Activism under the threat of criminal punishment: LGBT and HIV in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a country with a concentrated HIV epidemic. According to official statistics, as of 1 January, 2018, there were 37,861 registered people living with HIV in Uzbekistan. Cases of...
December 18, 2019
UN Committee Against Torture raised the question of Violence against LGBT persons in Uzbekistan
On 11-13 November within the 68th session of UN Committee against Torture (CAT), Uzbekistan is under its fifth country review. In May 2019 ECOM in cooperation with Central Asian groups...
