2022 Karakalpak protests

2022 Karakalpak protests
2022 Karakalpak protests
	Karakalpakstan (red) within Uzbekistan (red and white)
Date	1–3 July 2022
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;
Methods	Demonstrations, civil unrest, online activism
Resulted in	Constitutional reforms regarding Karakalpakstan withdrawn
Concessions	Amendments regarding removal of Karakalpak autonomy withdrawn
Parties
Karakalpakstan Protesters	Government of Uzbekistan National Security Service; Ministry of the Interior; Uzbek's Army Uzbekistan National Guard; ; Supreme Council of Karakalpakstan
Lead figures
	Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov Shavkat Mirziyoyev (President of Uzbekistan)
Casualties
Death(s)	21 (Uzbek government claim)
Injuries	243 (Uzbek government claim); "Thousands" (Karakalpak government claim)
Detained	516

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.

Despite concessions given by the Uzbek government in preserving Karakalpakstan's autonomy, protests continued growing, resulting in internet blockage throughout Karakalpakstan on 2 July, and President Mirziyoyev declaring a state of emergency in the region. The protests were quelled by the morning of 3 July. The state of emergency was lifted on 21 July.