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German lawmaker upset by the situation with political prisoners in Uzbekistan

German lawmaker upset by the situation with political prisoners in Uzbekistan

17.12.2007 12:17 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Marieluise Beck, a Bundestag deputy from the faction of Bundnis90/Green Party specializing in human rights and other similar problems of East Europe and Central Asia, visited Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyzstan: both free-lancers and «pro-government» journalists fear for their safety

Kyrgyzstan: both free-lancers and «pro-government» journalists fear for their safety

03.12.2007 12:04 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Participants of the roundtable conference on interaction between the media and the authorities in Jalalabad on November 30 agreed that both free-lance journalists and personnel of government-sponsored and -controlled media outlets needed protection in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyz lawyer with the UN refugee mandate is in the Tashkent jail

Kyrgyz lawyer with the UN refugee mandate is in the Tashkent jail

19.11.2007 10:40 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Saidkamol Akhmedov, lawyer from Osh, Kyrgyzstan, is a prisoner in Uzbekistan, his son Saidjamol told Ferghana.Ru news agency.

EU suspended visa restrictions for Uzbek state officials

EU suspended visa restrictions for Uzbek state officials

14.11.2007 11:01 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The EU Council ordered a six-month suspension of the visa restrictions for the Uzbek state officials blamed for "disproportional use of force" in Andijan in May 2005.

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

06.11.2007 16:14 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

According to AKIpress news agency, 1,397 refugees and 266 families compelled to seek shelter in Kyrgyzstan were registered on the territory of the republic on October 1, 2007.

The Islam Karimov Gulag: Memoirs of an Uzbek prisoner

The Islam Karimov Gulag: Memoirs of an Uzbek prisoner

05.11.2007 21:21 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The author of the autobiographical notes presented here for the attention of the public and the press is Uzbekistan national Mukhammadsolykh Abutov who served eight and a half years in Uzbekistan labour camps for his religious beliefs.

Kyrgyz journalists admit to be under secret services\' tight control

Kyrgyz journalists admit to be under secret services\' tight control

31.10.2007 14:47 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz journalists began talking in the wake of Alisher Saipov's assassination of existence of the so called institute of supervision.

Kyrgyz police smear the assassinated journalist's name

Kyrgyz police smear the assassinated journalist's name

31.10.2007 11:48 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Press Service of the Osh Municipal Internal Affairs Department announced this Tuesday that the investigation had uncovered no evidence proving Uzbek secret services' involvement in assassination of journalist Alisher Saipov a week ago. This stand on the matter - or something like that - was predicta

Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Justice for Murdered Journalist

Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Justice for Murdered Journalist

26.10.2007 00:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

(Bishkek, October 25, 2007) – Alisher Saipov, an independent journalist whose reporting criticized human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan and neighboring Uzbekistan, was shot to death on October 24 in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Human Rights Watch said today. The Kyrgyz government must ensure a thor

The Prosecutor General's Office strives to extradite ex-president's Aidar Akayev

The Prosecutor General's Office strives to extradite ex-president's Aidar Akayev

19.10.2007 16:16 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Uchkun Karimov, Chief of the Major Investigations Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Kyrgyzstan, said at the press conference in Bishkek on October 19 that efforts would be made to have Aidar Akayev, the ex-president's son, extradited from Russia.

International scientific community demands aid to Professor Maitdinova in Dushanbe

International scientific community demands aid to Professor Maitdinova in Dushanbe

18.10.2007 17:08 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Photo: Guzel Maitdinova near her house in the center of the Tajik capital

Tajikistan: hostage situations on the border with Afghanistan are commonplace occurrences

Tajikistan: hostage situations on the border with Afghanistan are commonplace occurrences

08.10.2007 12:50 msk Afghanistan Human Rights

Mamadsharif Hotamov, villager of Shohon (Shuroabad district, Hatlon region of Tajikistan), was kidnapped at 23.00 on September 25. A group of armed people broke into Hotamov's house and took him away.

Uzbekistan: murderers of Ilkhom Art Director Mark Weil still at large

Uzbekistan: murderers of Ilkhom Art Director Mark Weil still at large

26.09.2007 12:20 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Investigation of the murder of Mark Weil, Art Director of the Ilkhom Theater (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), is under way with precious little to show for the effort.

Civil society urges the European Union to extend sanctions

Civil society urges the European Union to extend sanctions

26.09.2007 10:44 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Claiming "worldwide support", representatives of the Uzbek civil society cabled a petition to the European Union, EU members, European Commission, and European Parliament insisting on extension of sanctions against this Central Asian state and a more energetic human rights dialogue with the Uzbek le

Turkmenistan: Jailed opposition leaders Boris Shihmuradov and Batyr Berduyev are alive

Turkmenistan: Jailed opposition leaders Boris Shihmuradov and Batyr Berduyev are alive

26.09.2007 10:35 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

President of Turkmenistan Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov, 50, is to address the UN General Assembly in New York today in what will become his first appearance in the United States in the new capacity. Berdymuhammedov became the president following the unexpected demise of president for life Saparmurat N

Samarkand students and pupils ferried to cotton plantations

Samarkand students and pupils ferried to cotton plantations

24.09.2007 11:26 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Students of six institutes and 37 colleges and lyceums of Samarkand will work cotton plantations this week.

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