Uzbekistan

(RSF/IFEX) – On 26 June, Uzbek police arrested Radio Free Europe correspondent Gafur Yuldashev in Andijan and questioned him for about four hours. The same day, independent journalist Ulugbek Khaidarov was severely beaten by thugs in Karshi as he was on his way to visit a colleague. “Brutality against journalists continues since the events in […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Correspondent detained, passport seized New York, June 20, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the continued harassment of Tulkin Karayev, a correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). Police in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Correspondent released after serving ‘hooliganism’ sentence New York, June 15, 2005 – Police in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi yesterday released Tulkin Karayev, a correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), after he served a 10-day detention […]

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Rights Defenders Targeted After Massacre (New York, June 9, 2005) – In the wake of the Andijan massacre, the Uzbek government is targeting human rights defenders and opposition activists for arrest, beatings and intimidation, Human Rights Watch said today. “The government […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 June 2005 CPJ press release: Journalist arrested in southern Uzbekistan New York, June 7, 2005 – Authorities in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi have detained, arrested, and sentenced Tulkin Karayev, a correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), on charges of hooliganism. On […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 6 June 2005 IPI Concerned about the Ongoing Media Crackdown in Uzbekistan According to information provided to IPI, journalists were barred from covering last month’s events in Uzbekistan. For several days after the unrest in Andizhan, eastern Uzbekistan, on 13 May, all local and foreign […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 2005 RSF capsule report: RSF has strongly condemned the latest attack on press freedom in Uzbekistan in which cameraman Vladislav Chekoyan of Russian TVTs was assaulted on 21 May 2005 by Uzbek border guards on the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan border. Chekoyan was filming a demonstration by about 1,000 people […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Government Shuts Off Andijan (Jalal Abad, May 26, 2004) – The government of Uzbekistan is trying to block information about the killings of hundreds of people in Andijan on May 13, Human Rights Watch said today. A Human Rights Watch […]

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 24 May 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Rights Defender in Andijan Arrested Crackdown on Activists Follows Demonstrations (Jalal Abad, May 24, 2005) – Uzbek authorities should immediately release a prominent human rights defender detained in Andijan, Human Rights Watch said today. The defender, Saidjahon Zainabitdinov, […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a 16 May 2005 International PEN letter to President Islam Abdigamoevich Karimov: President Islam Abdigamoevich Karimov Rezidentsiya prezidenta Tashkent 70000 Republic of Uzbekistan Fax: 00 998 71 139 5625 16 May 2005 Your Excellency, International PEN wishes to bring to your attention the following statement on recent events. Your comments […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 16 May 2005 CPJ press release: Uzbek authorities continue obstructing journalists amid unrest New York, May 16, 2005 – Uzbek authorities maintained a virtual blockade today on news coverage of civil unrest in the northeastern city of Andijan, expelling journalists from the town and obstructing foreign television news broadcasts. […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 May 2005 CPJ press release: Uzbek officials block news outlets amid massive protests New York, May 13, 2005 – Uzbek authorities shuttered several foreign and domestic media outlets today during massive anti-government protests in the northeastern city of Andijan, leaving citizens without access to independent news about the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Uzbek Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev: May 10, 2005 Elyor Ganiev Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9 Uzbekistanskaya Street Tashkent 700029 Republic of Uzbekistan Via Facsimile: + 998 (71) 139 15 17 Dear Mr. Ganiev: The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly dismayed by […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 26 April 2005 IPI Condemns Journalist’s Beating, Worried by Claims of Government “Black List” Ulugbek Haidarov, a journalist and human rights activist, was severely beaten on 23 April in the Jizzakh region, central Uzbekistan. According to IPI’s information, an unidentified assailant was waiting for Haidarov […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 April 2005 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Journalist held on charges of “anti-constitutional activity” New York, April 18, 2005 – An Uzbek reporter for the state-run weekly newspaper Hurriyat (Liberty) has been criminally charged with “undermining the constitutional order” and faces up to 20 years in prison, according to […]

(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 9 April 2005, Sabir Yakubov, a journalist for “Hurriyat” independent newspaper, was arrested and taken into custody. Witnesses reported that he was taken from his flat by police officers. He managed to make only one phone call, to inform his roommate that he had been arrested. His whereabouts remain unknown. It […]