Oct 062009
 

People and the State < back
06.10.09 17:47
Protest action dispersed in Jizak
Uznews.net – Tashkent-based human rights activists and a group of women from Jizak Region’s Gallaorol District attempted to take a picket outside the regional prosecutor’s office in Jizak yesterday, but they were dispersed by police and national security (SNB) officers. Continue reading »
Aug 282009
 

IFEX – News from the international freedom of expression community
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ALERT – UZBEKISTAN

28 August 2009

New abuse of jailed dissident

SOURCE: Human Rights Watch

Family visits threatened after relatives publicize mistreatment

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – (New York, August 27, 2009) – Uzbek authorities
should promptly investigate new allegations of abuse against a political
prisoner, Yusuf Jumaev, and ensure that his family is permitted regular
visits, Human Rights Watch said today. Continue reading »