On 31/07/2021, KUN.UZ website published the news: Soldiers of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces arrived in Uzbekistan to participate in the Uzbek-Russian joint exercises at the Termez training ground in Surkhan Darya. 

On June 28, 2021, the Uzbek Ministry of the Interior posted a video on the Internet entitled: "Beware the propaganda of the extremist terrorist organization and its ideological leaders!" In it, as usual, the label "terrorist" was affixed to Hizb ut Tahrir, and the entry of people who leave abroad to work or study under the influence of Hizb ut Tahrir

An interview with Abdurrahman Tashanov, head of the human rights organization Ezgulik in Uzbekistan, was broadcast on the “OzodNazar” website for the Uzbek service on Radio Liberty. It was said that on 5 May, the human rights activist had spoken for several minutes with former senior officials serving sentences in Prison 22 in Zanki Ata.

On April 26, 2021, the Uzbek service Radio Free reported that Shaukat Mirziyev's government was facing the problem of maintaining a balance between control over religious freedom and openness. It was stated in Agnieszka Pikulicka’s article, since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016, the country has undergone political changes.