2022 Karakalpak protests | |||
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![]() Karakalpakstan (red) within Uzbekistan (red and white) | |||
Date | 1–3 July 2022 [1] | ||
Location | Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan | ||
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Methods | Demonstrations, civil unrest, online activism | ||
Resulted in | Constitutional reforms regarding Karakalpakstan withdrawn | ||
Concessions | Amendments regarding removal of Karakalpak autonomy withdrawn | ||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 21 (Uzbek government claim)[2] | ||
Injuries | 243 (Uzbek government claim)[3] "Thousands" (Karakalpak government claim)[4] | ||
Detained | 516[5] |
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, which would have ended Karakalpakstan's status as an autonomous region of Uzbekistan and right to secede from Uzbekistan via referendum. A day after protests had begun in the Karakalpak capital of Nukus, President Mirziyoyev withdrew the constitutional amendments. The Karakalpak government said that protesters had attempted to storm government buildings.[6]
Despite concessions given by the Uzbek government in preserving Karakalpakstan's autonomy, protests continued growing, resulting in internet blockage throughout Karakalpakstan on 2 July,[7] and President Mirziyoyev declaring a state of emergency in the region.[8] The protests were quelled by the morning of 3 July.[1] The state of emergency was lifted on 21 July.[9]
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