Egypt has stepped up checks on foreigners arriving for Friday prayers. In particular, five Uzbek citizens were detained on suspicion of violating migration rules. One of them was later released.

According to the results of the Diversity Visa (DV) - Green Card lottery conducted by the US Department of State, 5,564 citizens of Uzbekistan were recognized as winners in the 2025 program. This figure was recorded as the highest result in the world.

By government decree, starting September 1, citizens who have violated the law in foreign countries, been deported, or have brought disrepute to Uzbekistan will not be issued passports for a period of two years. Exceptions will be determined by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan confirmed that Mubashshir Ahmad was deported to Uzbekistan and imprisoned.

The British military committed atrocities in these countries, including shooting civilians, including children, systematically executing prisoners in chains, and blowing up people while they slept.

Today, May 13, the first group of our pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia. This season, 15,000 people from Uzbekistan will go on the Hajj pilgrimage. Flights will be operated from Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Navoi, Andijan, Fergana, Namangan, Termez, and Urgench.

Uzbekistan Airways has announced that flights from Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, to Tashkent may be delayed throughout May due to the start of the 2025 Hajj season and increased passenger traffic.

The HuDaPar ("Free Claim") party, one of Turkey's major parties and a key ally of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, has called on the government to issue a transparent statement on the case of Mubashshir Ahmed, a prominent Uzbek scholar and founder of the Azon Global information and analytical portal. "International law and treaties recognized by Turkey prohibit the rendition of persons at risk of persecution on any demand. Respect for humanitarian principles and the right of refugees to seek asylum is not only a constitutional but also a conscientious obligation," HuDaPar said in a statement.

Turkish lawyer Ibrahim Ergin said that Mubashir Ahmed was deported to Uzbekistan. He was supposed to be deported urgently on May 9, but was sent to Edirne due to public outcry. "He was kept under intelligence control at the Migration Office in Edirne, and then returned to Istanbul on Saturday. In the meantime, he was bypassed by the legal system and illegally transferred to Uzbekistan," the human rights activist said in a statement. According to lawyer Ibrahim Ergin, it is not permissible to return a person who came to his country of origin seeking safety and asylum to his country of origin, both legally, religiously and conscientiously.

Police officers in the Kyrgyz city of Osh conducted raids as part of a campaign to enforce a new law. Nearly 300 Muslim women were forced to remove their veils and given verbal warnings. The country had previously passed a law banning women from wearing the veil, with fines of 20,000 soms (about $230) set for violations starting February 1.