The Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan is a long-standing critic of human rights violations committed by the Uzbek government. The organisations members are regularly harassed, arbitrarily detained and often subjected to torture. At present, ten members of the organisation or either in prison or detained in psychiatric hospitals.
Since 1992 the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan has been working to promote and protect human rights in Uzbekistan. Following, the Andijan massacre the Uzbek government reinforced its policy of making it extremely difficult for NGOs to register. The Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan has applied for registration six times and has been refused each time.
In December 2005, the Senate approved an amendment to the Criminal Code on Administrative Liability. The amendment creates a number of new regulatory measures for NGOs and increases the power that the authorities will have to penalize NGOs. Amongst these new provisions are that NGOs can be penalized for the use of unregistered logo, for conducting events without the consent of the registering body.
