Category Archives: JARAYON

Amnesty International leaders offer to resign over bullying culture

Letter from seven staff admits mistakes after report warns of ‘toxic’ work environment
Rebecca Ratcliffe

Amnesty International’s seven-member senior leadership team has offered to resign after a damning report warned of a “toxic” working environment and widespread bullying.

OSCE HDIM statement: Human rights in Uzbekistan after Karimov

President Karimov’s sudden death in September brought to an end his 27-year long rule which was marked by profound disregard for fundamental rights and freedoms, the brutal crushing of dissent and a justice system where torture and arbitrary detentions were the norm.

Prior to Presidential elections scheduled for 4 December 2016, the Acting President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced six priority areas for the country, but human rights are not amongst them.

The international community must force the government of Uzbekistan to respect the human rights laws

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The International Human Rights Organization “Fiery Hearts Club”, Coordination Council of the Civil Society “Alternative Uzbekistan”, Public Council “Service of the Fatherland” call the government of Uzbekistan and the international organizations to pay attention to the current human rights situation in Uzbekistan.

The news of Islam Karimov’s illness was widely discussed in Uzbekistan as well as abroad. For some time the government did not provide any information regarding the president’s health, which, in turn, provoked growing tension in the country.

Karimov had remained in power for 27 years. Young people who were born and raised during his rule comprise the majority of the 32-million population. Many of these young people cannot imagine their life without Karimov and are therefore panicking.

UZBEKISTAN: Defender of farmers’ rights Azam Formonov spends 10th birthday behind bars

AZAM FORMONOV

Brussels-Dublin-Paris-Geneva – December 15, 2015 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), FIDH member organisation “Fiery Hearts Club”, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) join Azam Formonov’s family in wishing Azam strength for his 37th birthday which he spent locked up in prison.

Tadjibayeva released an addition list of Uzbek political prisoners

In late November 2014, Mutabar Tadjibayeva, the head of Fiery Hearts ClubInternational Human Rights Organization based in France, released her list of 43 political prisoners of Uzbekistan.

According to the human rights activist, they were sentenced to long years in prison for political and religious reasons.

“We support US senators, who recently stood up for defense and release of five Uzbek political prisoners. However, we decided once again to publish a list of the people, who have been kept in prisons of Uzbekistanfor more than 21 years. This list includes new names of political prisoners. Each of them deserves to be considered a political prisoner. I believe it is necessary to mention their names during talks of Western politicians with the Uzbek authorities about the fates of the political prisoners,” Tadjibayeva told “Jarayon”.

Petition on the behalf of imprisoned Uzbek journalist Salijon Abdurakhmanov

Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Dear Chancellor Merkel,

We, the undersigned, ask for your support and assistance in getting the government of Uzbekistan to release the 64-year-old journalist Salijon Abdurakhmanov from prison.

We ask you to take a minute of your time and call the Uzbek President Islam Karimov to personally ask him to release Abdurakhmanov.

ACAT-France awards human Rights prize to Mutabar Tadjibayeva

“Engel-duTertre” awarded to the famous Uzbek human rights defender and her organization “Fiery Hearts Club” in recognition of work against torture in Uzbekistan

On November 15, ACAT-France celebrated forty years since its creation in 1974 by Edith du Tertre and Helene Engel by awarding the first ever Engel-duTertre prize to Mutabar Tadjibayeva.

Tadjibayeva, renowned activist and head of the international human rights association “Fiery Hearts Club”, has been living in exile in Paris after being jailed and tortured in Uzbekistan. For more than two decades, Tadjibayeva has continued the fight for human rights in Uzbekistan.

In prison health of Murod Juraev has deteriorated

Kholbika Juraeva, the political prisoner’s wife, told Jarayon about it.

According to the wife of a political prisoner, a former member of Uzbek Parliament Murod Juraev, Kholbika Juraeva, in mid-mid-November of this year 2014 she was able to go on a long meeting with her husband in colony # UA 64/06, which is located in Chirchik city of Tashkent region.

The woman tearfully told reporters of our website, that in prison health of Murod Juraev has deteriorated.

“He constantly belches, and almost can not eat. After severe regurgitation he can only drink soup,” says Kholbika Juraeva.

Vitaly Ponomarev: Government propaganda in Russia actively inflates “Islamophobia” and “Ukrainophobia”

Dozens of refugees and migrants from the Central Asia have been kidnapped in Russia last year.

Later the kidnapped people appearto be in detention in the countries of their origin accused of serious crimes of so-called religious articles of the Criminal Code.

In his interview with “Jarayon”,prominent Russian human rights defender Vitaly Ponomarev speaks about cases of immigrants from Central Asia, who fled their homelandsdue to threat of persecution for religious or political reasons, structures involved in kidnapping and international law standards to protect such individuals.

Handing Engel – du Tertre (Award of ACAT Foundation to Madam Mutabar Tadjibayeva)

Dear friends,

I am excited that a 40-year anniversary of our organization ACAT Foundation is enlightened by this moment full of excitement, happiness and unforgettable emotions.

During our recent Board meeting we have decided to establish an award for the work in the field of human rights protection… but we were faced by a dilemma of coming up with a proper name for this award. On the eve of a 40-year anniversary of our organization we have been thinking about two Protestant women – Hélène Engel and Édith du Tertre who founded ACAT.  Without their efforts we couldn’t have been here today! (I am indeed happy to tell you that today several family members of Hélène Engel and Édith du Tertre are also attending this event). As a tribute to the courage and faith of those two women we decided to name the new award we were establishing Engel – du Tertre Award.