2022 Karakalpak protests

Protests broke out in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan on 1 July 2022 over proposed amendments by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Uzbek President, to the Constitution of Uzbekistan. The proposed change would have ended Karakalpakstan's status as an autonomous region of Uzbekistan and right to leave Uzbekistan.[3]

2022 Karakalpak protests
Karakalpakstan (red) within Uzbekistan (red and white)
Date1 July 2022 – present
Location
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Caused by
  • Submission for public discussion of a draft of a new version of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, in which the word "sovereign" was removed from the description of the status of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and the mention of the republic’s right to secede from Uzbekistan was also removed.
  • Arrest of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov
MethodsDemonstrations, civil unrest
StatusOngoing
Concessions
given
  • Amendments regarding removal of Karakalpak autonomy withdrawn
Parties to the civil conflict
Template:Country data Karakalpakstan Protesters
  • Uzbekistan Government of Uzbekistan
  • Template:Country data Karakalpakstan Supreme Council of Karakalpakstan
Lead figures
Template:Country data Karakalpakstan Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov
Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev (President of Uzbekistan)
Casualties
Death(s)18 (Uzbek government claim)[1]
Injuries243 (Uzbek government claim)[1]
"Thousands" (Karakalpak government claim)
Detained516[2]

References
  1. Auyezov, Olzhas. "Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest". Reuters. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. "Генпрокуратура Узбекистана: во время протестов в Нукусе погибли 18 человек". Mediazona (in Russian). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. "Uzbekistan declares state of emergency in protest-hit Karakalpakstan". ThePrint. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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