A popular French-language Swiss newspaper Le Temps wrote on March 5 that the Mission of Uzbekistan to the UN Geneva office filed a complaint to police stating that Mutabar Tadjibayeva, prominent human rights activist and several other people, tried to illegally enter the house of Gulnara Karimova, eldest daughter of the Uzbek president Islam Karimov, violating the personal space and property of persons with diplomatic status.

According to the newspaper, Mutabar Tadjibayeva recently visited the Swiss city of Colonia, where Gulnara Karimova’s house is located.

“I wanted to see where the money was taken, money stolen by the regime from Uzbek citizens,” writes Le Temps citing the words of Mutabar Tadjibayeva.

“She took a photo of the house and asked permission to see the “Uzbek princess”, but after they were refused, the visitors left their business cards in the mailbox of the house. As a result, the Uzbek mission filed a complaint to police, saying that the visitors tried to illegally enter the house, violating the personal space and property belonging to persons with diplomatic status,” writes on Le Temps.

Meanwhile, the publication received an email from the Uzbek mission in Geneva, which states that when a diplomat of a mission opened the door, these people tried to enter the property recording it on camera.

“The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan would like to emphasize that these actions represent a threat to privacy and property of persons with diplomatic status,” states the letter of the diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan, ​​which was published in Le Temps.

Here is what Mutabar Tadjibayeva told to “Jarayon” about the events happened in Geneva:

“We became aware that Gulnara Karimova, who heads the mission of Uzbekistan in the UN Geneva office, had never participated in the activities of the organization concerning Uzbekistan. And no one saw her in the UN. We were told that somewhere there is a Mission of Uzbekistan to the United Nations, but no one knows where it is. It turns out that the representation has its phone numbers, but when people call them, it was always the answering machine the responded.

On March 1, after we could not find the Mission of Uzbekistan to the United Nations, on the evening of that day, I attended the opening ceremony of the film festival. After the ceremony, there was a meeting to discuss the crimes committed by the family of president Islam Karimov and his daughters Gulnora and Lola Karimova. On March 2 at 11:00, Michael Andersen, a Danish journalist, Craig Murray, a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Igor Vorontsov, former representative of the “Human Rights Watch”, Andre Lorsch, journalist from Geneva, and I went to Colonia city, home to a very rich people.

We wanted to see the house that Gulnara Karimova has built with the money of the poor Uzbek people, with the money that flows into the pockets of the Karimovs from the exploitation of Uzbek children in the fields. We found her address on the Internet. We searched it for a long time, but finally found a home Gulnara Karimova. We also wanted to tell about our desire to discuss the situation in Uzbekistan, the problems related to human rights violations in the country,” says Mutabar Tadjibayeva.

However, she denies the charges of the mission of Uzbekistan to the UN Geneva office, which states that she and her colleagues have allegedly tried to enter the property of Uzbek diplomats illegally.

“Michael Anderson was interviewing me when the door opened. We have the full video, which shows that a man came out from the house to talk to us. We videotaped the whole conversation with him. I want to say that we have a video showing that we did not break the law,” says Mutabar Tadjibayeva.

According to her, now she has a lawyer, who protects her rights and interests in the Geneva police.

“Jarayon” recently reported that Mutabar Tadjibayeva, prominent human rights activist and head of the international human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club”, based in France, went to Geneva to participate in the ten-day International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH).

On Sunday, March 3, Ms. Tadjibayeva told to “Jarayon” on a phone conversation that the police in Geneva were looking for her. According to her, the police did not want to give explanations to the organizers of the International Film Festival on the reasons why the law enforcement bodies of Switzerland were looking for the Uzbek human rights activist.

However, Mutabar Tadjibayeva did not meet with representatives of the Geneva police, and on the same day could safely go from Geneva to Paris, where she lives in emigration.

Many members of the opposition and human rights groups have criticized the actions of the Geneva police.

“It’s a shame for Switzerland and Geneva, which is a home for the headquarters of many human rights organizations,” said Craig Murray to Le Temps. “No political opposition should be persecuted by the Swiss authorities. Geneva police must apologize.”

However, Le Temps cites Eric Grandjean, representative of the UN Geneva police, who said “in accordance with existing agreements, the police should proceed with complaints of diplomats of the international institutions in the same manner as with the other complaints.”

According to Le Temps, the Swiss Foreign Ministry noted that “the Geneva police is independent when deciding on admissibility of complaints.”

In Uzbekistan, Mutabar Tadjibayeva have severely criticized the Uzbek government for corruption and human rights violations. In response to her actions, in 2006, she was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in women’s colony. Her trial was held with violations.

Released in June 2008, the human rights activist told the international community about widespread brutal torture, humiliation and ill treatment in prisons of Uzbekistan.