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Russia is making excuses for deportation of Rustam Muminov to Uzbekistan

Russia is making excuses for deportation of Rustam Muminov to Uzbekistan

07.11.2006 22:06 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

On November 2, the Moscow Municipal Court pondered Rustam Muminov's complaint against the verdict of the Tver District Court that resulted in his deportation from Russia. The plaintiff himself was absent. The Moscow Municipal Court annulled the deportation order and demanded a new investigation. Mum

Uzbek political immigrant Ruslan Sharipov may be deported from the United States

Uzbek political immigrant Ruslan Sharipov may be deported from the United States

23.10.2006 16:54 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Uzbek political immigrant Ruslan Sharipov encountered difficulties with obtaining the documents that confirm legitimacy of his presence on the territory of the United States. The dissenter and refugee, Sharipov fears that the US authorities may decide to deport him in the middle of November. Ardent

The authorities of Turkmenistan break up mixed families and deport Uzbek women

The authorities of Turkmenistan break up mixed families and deport Uzbek women

20.10.2006 16:33 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Photo by Тvnz.co.nz Women from the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan who married citizens of Turkmenistan after 1992 are sent back to their native country with the stamp "Deported" in their passports. Unofficial estimates indicate that nearly 50 young women, many of them with children, have been deported

The health of political prisoner Muhammed Bekjan worries the Uzbek human rights community

The health of political prisoner Muhammed Bekjan worries the Uzbek human rights community

13.10.2006 17:18 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Some human rights and non-governmental organizations of Uzbekistan released a statement earlier today on the state of health of Muhammed Bekjan, political prisoner in jail since 1999. Ex-chief editor of the newspaper Erk (publication of the namesake political party) and the brother of its leader Muh

The UN Council for Human Rights refuses to discuss the situation in Uzbekistan openly

The UN Council for Human Rights refuses to discuss the situation in Uzbekistan openly

09.10.2006 14:57 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Last Monday, the UN Council for Human Rights (established this summer to replace the former Committee for Human Rights) decided to discuss human rights abuses in Uzbekistan behind the closed doors. So as not to make a fuss.

The European Union severs economic ties with Ashkhabad

The European Union severs economic ties with Ashkhabad

09.10.2006 14:55 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

The European Parliament's Committee for International Trade put on hold ratification of the provisional trade accord between the EU and Turkmenistan. The European Union will sign trade and economic treaties with Ashkhabad only when the latter has made "apparent, discernible, and consistent progress

The European Parliament views Turkmen gas as more important than political prisoners

The European Parliament views Turkmen gas as more important than political prisoners

02.10.2006 14:32 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Ogulsapar Muradova of RL Kyrgyz Service was arrested in Ashkhabad on June 18 when officers of the Turkmen National Security Service turned up at her door with the invitation for "a chat". Muradova, 58, never returned from the chat. Neither has she been seen alive, for that matter. Yelena Ovezova (41

Display of the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent causes some bitter associations

Display of the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent causes some bitter associations

23.08.2006 14:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

"Whenever I visit the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent, I'm always beset by the feelings of sorrow and alarm," a young man told Ferghana.Ru. The young man called himself a relative of one of the Uzbeks tried and sentenced to imprisonment for involvement with the opposition. "So many inno

Russia suspends extradition of 13 people to Uzbekistan

Russia suspends extradition of 13 people to Uzbekistan

15.08.2006 21:18 msk Human Rights Russia

Russia has suspended the extradition to Uzbekistan of 13 people accused by the Uzbek authorities of terrorism in connection with the Andijan uprising in 2005, following a demand from the European Court of Human Rights, Russian prosecutors said Tuesday.

Kyrgyzstan turned refugees over to Uzbekistan bypassing the UN mission

Kyrgyzstan turned refugees over to Uzbekistan bypassing the UN mission

11.08.2006 09:19 msk Human Rights

VOA Uzbek Service quoted Vadim Makeyev of the office of the UN Supreme Commissariat for Refugees in Osh as saying that five refugees from Andijan were turned over by the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office to the Uzbek authorities after all. The refugees had been in the Osh detention cell prior to th

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office resolved to extradite the first of the so called Ivanovo Uzbeks

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office resolved to extradite the first of the so called Ivanovo Uzbeks

01.08.2006 11:04 msk Human Rights Russia

Memorial Human Rights Center reports that the Russian Prosecutor General's Office ordered extradition of Mamirjon Tashtemirov, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. Arrested together with 12 citizens of Uzbekistan, Tashtemirov is to be extradited from Detention Cell No 1, Ivanovo, to Uzbekistan on the request fr

Uzbekistan: Sunny Coalition Coordinator Nadira Khidoyatova set free for a "ransom" amounting to $100,000

Uzbekistan: Sunny Coalition Coordinator Nadira Khidoyatova set free for a "ransom" amounting to $100,000

23.05.2006 18:00 msk Human Rights

The Tashkent Court of Appeals chose to change the sentence drawn by Sunny Coalition Coordinator Nadira Khidoyatova earlier this year. Charged with financial fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, and organization of a gang, Khidoyatova was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in March 2006.

Between a rock and a hard place or Uzbeks in Russia

Between a rock and a hard place or Uzbeks in Russia

05.05.2006 08:45 msk Human Rights

"Lena-apa, the police has me again." I regularly hear these words on the phone in my apartment and on the cell phone - mornings, afternoons, and evenings. The callers are refugees, almost invariably Uzbeks. Citizens of Uzbekistan account for the majority of immigrants who fled political or religious

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