The protest protested the proposal to fix the Constitution in Northwestern Uzbekistan that killed some people, forcing the country to issue an emergency here.

In the speech on July 3 to the officials of the Karakalpakstan autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced that there were cases of ordinary people and law enforcement officers in the regional protest.

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Uzbekistan on July 2 issued an emergency a month at Karakalpakstan, after the protest broke out here from June 30 to protest the proposal to correct the Constitution.

According to the current Constitution, Karakalpakstan is described as the republic of Uzbekistan sovereignty and has the right to separate by organizing a referendum.

Protesting at Uzbekistan over the weekend.

Before the wave of protests, President Mirziyoyev on July 2 pledged to withdraw the revision related to Karakalpakstan from the draft of the Constitution, expected to be referged in the coming months.

In the speech on July 3, President Mirziyoyev said the protest was the wrong slogan and tried to occupy the headquarters of local government agencies.

Some groups tried to occupy the building of the Department of Home Affairs and the National Guard Department in Nukus capital to get weapons, Mr. Mirziyoyev said.

Some witnesses said the police used spicy slightly and smoke grenades to disperse a small protest on July 2 at the market of Nukus capital.

Uzbekistan, with an area of nearly 450,000 km2, is the most populous country in Central Asia with more than 35 million people.

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the office meeting at Tashkent on November 10, 2020.

Uzbekistan is the most populous country in Central Asia, with the world's second economic growth rate, possessing the fourth largest gold reserve worldwide.