State Security Service (Uzbekistan)

State Security Service
Davlat Xavfsizlik Xizmati
Служба государственной безопасности
Agency overview
Formed14 March 2018
Preceding
TypeIntelligence, internal security
Jurisdiction Uzbekistan
Agency executive
Child agencies
The logo of the SNB in use from 1992 - 2018

The State Security Service (Uzbek Davlat Xavfsizlik Xizmati, DXX; in Russian Служба государственной безопасности, СГБ, often romanised as SGB) is the national intelligence agency of the government of Uzbekistan. It was formerly known as the National Security Service.

The SNB is described by Amnesty International and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting as a secret police force.[1][2]

  1. ^ Secrets and Lies: Forced Confessions Under Torture in Uzbekistan, Amnesty International (April 15, 2015).
  2. ^ Uzbek Secret Police Roam Russian Prisons, News Briefing Central Asia (Institute for War and Peace Reporting) (January 9, 2013).

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