Human rights activist Mutabar Tojibaeva released
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 2 June 2008 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Rights Activist Mutabar Tojibaeva Released 11 Other Rights Advocates Remain in Prison (New York, June 2, 2008) – Uzbek human rights defender and government critic Mutabar Tojibaeva was released from the Tashkent Women’s Prison, where she was serving an eight-year […]
Imprisoned human rights defender to receive prestigious award; Human Rights Watch concerned for her health, ill-treatment
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbek Human Rights Activist Honored (New York, May 15, 2008) – Human Rights Watch today announced that Mutabar Tojibaeva, an Uzbek human rights defender, has been selected to receive the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2008. Tojibaeva is currently serving […]
Independent and opposition media continue to face “unrelenting repression” in shadow of 2005 Andijan massacre, says CPJ
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 May 2008 CPJ letter to Uzbek President Islam Karimov: His Excellency Islam Karimov President of Uzbekistan Dom Pravitelstva Tashkent 70000 Uzbekistan Via facsimile: + (998) 71 139 5325 Your Excellency, On the third anniversary of the May 13, 2005, massacre of civilians by Uzbek security forces in the […]
Annual Report 2008: Uzbekistan
Annual Report 2008: Uzbekistan
World Report 2008: Uzbekistan
World Report 2008: Uzbekistan
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Uzbekistan
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Uzbekistan
Freedom of the Press 2007: Uzbekistan
Freedom of the Press 2007: Uzbekistan
Government releases five human rights activists ahead of EU meeting
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 5 February 2008 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: Activists Released Before EU Meeting EU Should Sustain Pressure on Tashkent to Release Other Imprisoned Activists (New York, February 5, 2008) – The Uzbek government’s recent release of five individuals imprisoned for human rights work shows […]
Severe restrictions on independent media “prevent any semblance of a competitive electoral process”, says Human Rights Watch
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 21 December 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: No Real Choice in Presidential Elections Severe Restrictions Persist on Political Opposition and Independent Media (New York, December 21, 2007) – The Uzbek presidential election on December 23 cannot be free or fair, said Human Rights Watch today. Uzbekistan’s longstanding […]
Independent journalist beaten, warned against reporting in Tashkent
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 October 2007 CPJ press release: UZBEKISTAN: Independent journalist attacked in Tashkent New York, October 12, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack on Thursday on Sid Yanyshev, a Tashkent-based correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and contributor to the popular […]
Journalist forcibly interned in psychiatric hospital subject to inhumane treatment, his health declines
(RSF/IFEX) – Freelance journalist Jamshid Karimov, who has been held against his will in a psychiatric hospital since September 2006, has reported in a message smuggled out to friends that his health is declining. He attributes this to the psychotropic drugs he is being given and the harassment to which he is being subjected. He […]
Human rights defender ordered to pay damages to sources pressured by authorities to sue him
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 14 June 2007, a civil court in Samarkand delivered a ruling obliging human rights defender Kamilzhon Ashurov to pay 1 million som (approx. US$820) to both Rustam Sadykov, head of Samarkan printing press, and Shavkat Abdullayev, head of the human rights committee, who had filed defamation lawsuits against Ashurov. The defamation […]
Court frees jailed human rights activist after forcing her to criticise independent journalists
(RSF/IFEX) – An appeal court in Andijan reduced human rights activist Gulbahor Turaeva’s sentence from six years in prison to a suspended six-year sentence on 12 June 2007 after she promised the court to turn over a new leaf and criticised several independent journalists by name. It was the second time in a month that […]
Charges against three Deutsche Welle correspondents dropped
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has given a cautious welcome to a decision by the Tashkent prosecutor’s office to drop charges of tax evasion, defamation and working without accreditation against three freelance journalists who work for the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle. After investigating Yuri Chernogayev, Sajera Ruzikulova and Obid Shabanov for months, the prosecutor’s […]
EU calls for release of imprisoned Uzbek activists, upholds sanctions policy over poor rights record
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 15 May 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Uzbekistan: EU Calls for Release of Jailed Activists Upholds Sanctions Policy Over Tashkent’s Poor Rights Record (New York, May 15, 2007) – The European Union yesterday issued its first public call for the release of imprisoned rights defenders in Uzbekistan, marking […]
Human rights defender sentenced to second prison term
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 10 May 2007 Human Rights watch press release: Uzbekistan: Imprisoned Rights Activist Sentenced Again Unabated Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Demands Continued EU Sanctions (New York, May 10, 2007) – An Uzbek court this week sentenced human rights defender Gulbahor Turaeva to a second prison term, increasing her imprisonment […]