(RSF/IFEX) – The three adult children of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Ogulsapar Muradova, who were arrested on 19 June 2006, a day after their mother’s arrest, were freed on the evening of 1 July. An activist with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Elena Ovezova, was also released the same day. According to […]
(RSF/IFEX) – The three adult children of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Ogulsapar Muradova, who were arrested on 19 June 2006, a day after their mother’s arrest, were freed on the evening of 1 July. An activist with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Elena Ovezova, was also released the same day.
According to various sources consulted by Reporters Without Borders, Muradova’s children – Sona and Maral Muradova and Berdy Muradov – have not been charged and no explanation has been given for their arrest. Someone calling himself a prosecutor reportedly forced them and Ovezova to sign a statement undertaking not to file a complaint against the authorities for illegal arrest.
