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30.11.2012 00:07 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Left photo: Nadejda Atayeva, leader of the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (France)
28.11.2012 23:17 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The prestigious International Press Freedom Awards were given out by the Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ.org ) in the USA on 20 November. Human rights activist and journalist Azimjon Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek from Kyrgyzstan , is one of the four laureates of the prize. Fergana editor Daniil Ki
13.11.2012 23:51 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Azimjan Askarov , a leading human rights activist imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan , has taken his case to the UN Human Rights Committee, in a complaint filed on his behalf by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Nurbek Toktakunov, a Kyrgyzstan-based lawyer.
29.10.2012 09:48 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Courts in southern Kyrgyzstan have sentenced two ethnic Uzbeks to life in prison following unfair trials on charges related to the June 2010 inter-ethnic violence in the region, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The verdicts follow many earlier flawed investigations and trials of ethnic Uzbeks link
22.10.2012 21:02 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kyrgyzstan in mid-October. During his three day visit, he went to the South of the republic and met the authorities. At the end of his visit, Mr Vollebaek gave Fergana an exclusive interview, in which he said that the underlyin
19.10.2012 09:56 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
An attempt on the life of Uzbek imam Obidhon-kori Nazarov took place on 22 February 2012 in Stromsund, Sweden. The Uzbek community in Stromsund believes that the imam has been an eyesore for the Tashkent authorities and has called on the imam to be vigilant. The attempted murderer shot the imam at t
03.10.2012 16:57 msk Human Rights Tajikistan
Yet another scandal linked to the death of a man following torture has hit Tajikistan. A resident of Gissar District Hamza Ikromzoda died in investigative detention facility (IDF) No 1 in Dushanbe. Having received the body of the deceased, his family reported finding many signs of beatings and stron
02.10.2012 18:01 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
A picket called “Let’s show parliament our teeth” to defend free speech and access to information took place on 1 October 2012 outside the Kyrgyzstan Parliament building. The reason for the action was that Kyrgyzstan’s MPs have attempted to sabotage journalists’ work more than once.
26.09.2012 23:25 msk Human Rights Tajikistan
Tajikistan ’s media organisations and mass media outlets are beginning a joint action called “100 days of freedom in Tajnet”. The reasons for the joint action are regular blocks of websites and many violations of the rights of journalists.
20.09.2012 01:30 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Only a few years ago, Tashkent was seen as quite a safe and happy city: you could go for an evening stroll in most neighbourhoods. Sometimes the number of policemen on the street was annoying, but it is with good reason that Tashkent’s residents could proudly say that theirs was a safe city. It can
14.09.2012 20:14 msk Human Rights Russia
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ.org), a New York based organisation, announced that it has given four journalists, who risked their lives and freedom, to talk about abuses of power and human rights violations in Brazil, China , Kyrgyzstan and Liberia, the 2012 International Press Freedom A
03.09.2012 17:17 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The so called “cotton campaign” is starting at the beginning of September in Uzbekistan , when farmers are not the only ones to go the fields, but also government workers, students and school children. Even if, year after year, the authorities promise that the former will not be doing involuntary fr
03.09.2012 17:11 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
This letter is more like a note passed among prisoners of the penal colony 64/71 ( Uzbekistan ). They describe a new form of punishment administered chaotically, and their attempts to resist the violence directed against them to suppress the human spirit.
29.08.2012 20:28 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Industrial action is extremely rare in Turkmenistan, because of the fear of retribution in this police state. But several localised strikes and protests in recent months suggest the government is prepared to make concessions on pay in order to keep the peace.
02.08.2012 10:47 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
The Turkmen government has made major cuts to the subsidies it has traditionally provided its population. In July, it removed a subsidy system for flour which had been in place for the last 15 years. Each household used to get coupons which they could exchange for flour at a special low price.
08.07.2012 22:45 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
“I will be arrested the minute I land in Uzbekistan and then thrown in prison,” an Uzbek human rights activist tells me, “and what happens with me afterwards is a good question.”
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