Javlon Togayev was expelled despite being a…

Uznews.net – The Syrdarya Region court of appeal has overturned the regional court’s ruling to reinstate Javlon Togayev as student of the Gulistan State University who was expelled last autumn for failing to fulfil cotton-picking targets.

The Ezgulik human rights society said that Togayev was fourth-year student of the university’s agro-economic department.

He was punished severely because on the day he failed to fulfil his target the district he picked cotton in was visited by Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev. His punishment aimed to teach other students a lesson.

He was expelled despite being a good student. The Syrdarya Region court reinstated him later and ordered the university to pay him monthly grants for all months he had not attended classes.

However, the court of appeal overturned this ruling on 18 February and ruled on this expulsion from the university.

In a press release, Ezgulik quotes Syrdarya Region Governor Oybek Ashurmatov as saying: “Who campaigns against cotton picking is an enemy of the people.”

“We do not know the context of the governor’s statement which is reminiscent of [Stalin’s] repressions in the 1930s, but this statement reflects our present life,” Ezgulik said. “It turns out that the governor’s statement is above all laws and is an instruction for higher courts.”

It suggested the judge who reinstated the student lawfully was also “an enemy of the people”.

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