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Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights – 2010
“Your travel abroad is not appropriate”:
Propiska, ‘exit visas’ and other relics of the Soviet
era in Uzbekistan today
Executive Summary Continue reading »
Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights – 2010
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“Your travel abroad is not appropriate”:
Propiska, ‘exit visas’ and other relics of the Soviet
era in Uzbekistan today Continue reading »
Harassment of independent rights activists by the Uzbek authorities. Continue reading »
Consideration of the third periodic report under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Uzbekistan
NGO Submission
Submitted to the 98th Session of the UN Committee on Human Rights
Date of Submission: January 2010
APPENDIX # 1
CASE DESCRIPTIONS
ARTICLE 7: PROHIBITION OF TORTURE Continue reading »
OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING 2009
WARSAW, September 28 – October 9, 2009 Continue reading »
Uzbekistan is the second largest exporter of cotton in the world, selling over 800,000 tonnes of cotton every year. Europe is its major buyer. Continue reading » |
IFEX – News from the international freedom of expression community
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ALERT – UZBEKISTAN
18 August 2009
Rights activist arrested
SOURCE: Human Rights Watch
Activitist defended farmers from corrupt land grabs
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – New York, August 18, 2009 – Uzbek authorities
should immediately drop any unsubstantiated criminal charges against
Oyazimhon Hidirova, chairman of the Arnasai Branch of the International
Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, and free her from pre-trial detention,
Human Rights Watch said today.
Hidirova was arrested on July 28, 2009 at the Arnasai District Department
of Internal Affairs on preliminary charges of hooliganism (two counts),
fraud, and tax evasion. Human Rights Watch is concerned that Hidirova’s
arrest and prosecution may be in retaliation for her efforts to expose
corruption by agricultural officials in Arnasai, a district in the Jizzakh
region of Uzbekistan. Since 2004 she has been a member of the International
Human Rights Organization, one of the few human rights groups that have
been permitted to register in Uzbekistan. Continue reading »