2022 Karakalpak protests Karakalpakstan (red) within Uzbekistan (red and white)
Date 1 July 2022 – present Location 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
Methods Demonstrations , civil unrest Status Ongoing Concessions given
Amendments regarding removal of Karakalpak autonomy withdrawn
Death(s) 18 (Uzbek government claim) [ 1] Injuries 243 (Uzbek government claim) [ 1] "Thousands" (Karakalpak government claim) Detained 516[ 2]
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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]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Auyezov, Olzhas. "Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest" . Reuters . Retrieved 4 July 2022 .
↑ "Генпрокуратура Узбекистана: во время протестов в Нукусе погибли 18 человек" . Mediazona (in Russian). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022 .
↑ "Uzbekistan declares state of emergency in protest-hit Karakalpakstan" . ThePrint . 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-05 .