New information

UZB 007 / 0809 / OBS 118

Release / Arbitrary detention /

Serious health deterioration

Uzbekistan

August 20, 2009

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Uzbekistan.

New information:

The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the release of Mr. Abdulsattor Irzaev, Head of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (HRSU) section in the district of Ishtikhan (Samarkand region). more…