The torture and murder of Ismat Hudoyberdiyev in an Uzbek jail is the latest chapter in Uzbekistan's brutal campaign against Muslims who dare to speak out against the tyranny and oppression of the Karimov regime.

Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan announces nationwide rallies on Sunday 31 May 2009 at 5 pm to stop America's war, which has made Muslims fight Muslims. The rallies will take place inshAllah in Pakistan's three largest cities: Regal Chawk in Karachi, Nasir Bagh in Lahore and Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi.

Today a delegation of Hizb ut-Tahrir comprising deputy spokesman Imran Yousafzai and member Tahir Sadozai handed over a protesting letter to the Uzbek embassy in Islamabad. The letter was against the torture and persecution being unleashed by the Uzbek tyrant regime against the non-violent struggle of Hizb ut-Tahrir. The latest victim of this tyranny is Ismat Hudoyberdiyev who was tortured and killed in jail by the brutal regime of Uzbekistan.

Chief Coordinator and Official Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh Mohiuddin Ahmed in a press release issued today strongly protested the arrest of party activist Mohammad Kawser from Uttara region of the capital city. He was arrested while putting up posters publicizing a party seminar on ‘Islam's Model for Industrialization'.