News of ECOM
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...
May 16, 2019
ECOM Submitted an Alternative Report on LGBT Rights Violations in Uzbekistan to the UN Committee Against Torture
An alternative report on Uzbekistan, submitted by ECOM to the UN Committee Against Torture, was published on the UN’s website and will be reviewed at the next meeting of the...
