Category Archives: CAMPAIGNS
The international community must force the government of Uzbekistan to respect the human rights laws
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.
Statement on the case of journalist Barno Hudoyarova
To UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression,
to OSCE and to International organizations for the
protection of the rights of journalists
Uzbekistan is a country with an authoritarian regime where the human rights are systematically violated. The government uses all methods of control, such as psychological pressure, blackmailing, the use of local institutions (Mahalla) to hinder the work of human rights defenders, deprivation of basic living sources, threats and arrests on trumped-up charges.
In 2016, Reporters without Borders (RWB) has published a new edition of the World Press Freedom Index, which shows increased number of government attacks against journalist, certain ideologies and particular groups of interest. This chart reflects the degree of freedom of actions of local journalists and represented by 180 different countries of the world. According to the regional index, Europe (19.8 place) is the area where the journalists are free.
Civil society activists are asking for financial support for the participation in OSCE meeting!
Urgently! International organizations and foundations!
After the death of Islam Karimov the situation in Uzbekistan is inclear. The OSCE meeting will be organized in september in Warsaw and this event will be very important not only for human rights defenders of Uzbekistan, but also for the European community. It is important for the international human rights organizations to discuss the next steps on human rights in Uzbekistant in the presence of human rights defenders, journalists and activists of this country.
New CENTRE1.COM – Centre-1 website launched to cover news from Central Asian countries
For immediate release
September 1st, 2016
New CENTRE1.COM – Centre-1 website launched to cover news from Central Asian countries
On 1 September the new centre1.com news website started covering news from Central Asia and its team led by Editor-in-Chief Galima Bukharbayeva intends to make it one of the best sources of information on the region.
The staff of the website will offer quality journalism and reliable information about most topical events, people and developments in Central Asia, as well an opportunity for discussion and exchange of views.
Mutabar Tadjibayeva: Dear 39th Congress Participants! We need your help and support!
Dear 39th Congress Participants! Let me congratulate you with the occasion of this Congress and with success to your work.
I am Mutabar Tadjibayeva, an independent journalist and human rights defender from Uzbekistan, founder and leader of “Fiery Hearts” International Human Rights Association which has been an FIDH member since 2013, living in France as a regugee since 2009.
I wished I attended this Congress to outloudly speak out about human rights problems in Uzbekistan, raise the internatonal attention to a particularly diverse condition of the Uzbek political prisoners, and crisis of human rights NGOs in this country.
Don’t hesitate to help us to meet the political prisoners!
APPEAL
to all compatriots living in Uzbekistan and abroad
We are writing to you because we have an important and urgent message.
On 23-24 June in Tashkent was organised the meeting between the heads of states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Before this meeting the Uzbek Society for Human Rights «Ezgulik» refered to some foreign embassies, international organizations and the heads of states of the SCO with the request to encourage the Government of Uzbekistan to release from detention the civil society representatives, to allow to meet them and to have the access to the information about their health.
Kyrgyzstan at a Crossroads: Shrink or Widen the Scene for Human Rights Defenders
(Bishkek, Geneva, Paris) Kyrgyz authorities must reject all bills that could shrink the space for human rights in the country and should create a safe and favourable environment for human rights defenders, declared the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint FIDH-OMCT partnership) today in Bishkek while presenting its latest report on Kyrgyzstan.
ACTIVITY REPORT (Fiery Hearts Club (FHC) From 1 January to 31 March 2016
Short summary
The Fiery Hearts Club (FHC) has been gradually increasing its activities and audience since its creation, especially with the active support of the FIDH. Recent activities have adressed different thematic issues of human rights interests in Uzbekistan. Contributions from diverse national and international organizations have been and would be welcome to further reinforce activities, as well as to extend contacts.
