Unity (Uzbekistan)
Unity Party Birlik partiyasi | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Abdurakhim Pulat |
| Founded | 16 November 1988 |
| Registered | 23 August 2003 |
| Banned | 1994 |
| Newspaper | Birlik Harakat |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism National liberalism Pan-Turkism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
| Slogan | Kuch birlikda ("Strength Is in Unity") |
| Legislative Chamber | 0 / 150 |
| Website | |
| harakat | |
The Unity Party (Uzbek: Birlik partiyasi) is the main right-wing opposition officially unregistered political party in Uzbekistan since 1994. A conservative liberal party, it was founded in 1988 as a pro-independent movement in the Soviet Union (USSR) and has since promoted anti-communism, pan Turkism, secularism, and a civic nationalism of the Uzbeks.
Birlik has been under pressure from the Uzbek authorities; some activists are in prison and many members of the organization were forced to leave the country, with the organization not having conducted party and electoral activities since the 2000s.