Category Archives: CAMPAIGNS
United Nations Human Rights of the high commissioner: A decision on the case Azimjan Askarov
1. The author of the communication is Mr.Azimjan Askarov, a Kyrgyz national born in 1951. He claims that the State party has violated his rights under article 2; article 7, separately, and in conjunction with article 2 (3); article 9, paragraph (1); article 10, paragraph 1; article 14, paragraphs (1), (2), (3) (b), (e) and (5); article 19 and 26, of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 7 January 1995. The author is represented by counsel.
2016 World Press Freedom Index: leaders paranoid about journalists
Most of the movement in the World Press Freedom Index unveiled today by Reporters Without Borders is indicative of a climate of fear and tension combined with increasing control over newsrooms by governments and private-sector interests.
The 2016 World Press Freedom Index reflects the intensity of the attacks on journalistic freedom and independence by governments, ideologies and private-sector interests during the past year.
2016 Press Freedom Index: Another turn of the screw in the post-Soviet region
Press release
Media freedom has declined steadily in the post-Soviet states. Nearly two thirds of the region’s countries are ranked around 150th or lower in the Index and their scores keep on falling.
The fact that Russia (148th, up 4) improved its ranking slightly should not raise hopes because its score fell as a result of the persecution of critics, which has reached levels not seen for three decades. And Russia’s behaviour has legitimized the growing repression throughout the region because Moscow acts as a regional “model,” albeit a negative one as regards media freedom.
Letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Honorary Chair
The Most Reverend Desmond M.Tutu
April 1, 2016
By fax: + 41 (0) 22.917.90.06 and
email: urgent-action@ohchr.org
Mr.Michel Forst
Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Palais Wilson United Nations Office at Geneva CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
RE: Arbitrary Detention of Salijon Abdurakhmanov, Azam Farmonov, Gaybullo Jalilov, Dilmurod Saidov, and Akzam Turgunov (Uzbekistan)
Journalist Galima Bukharbaeva is suing news portal Zamondosh for libel
PRESS RELEASE
Galima Bukharbaeva v. Zamondosh:
Berlin, February 9th, 2016 – The district court of Arnhem, the Netherlands, is expected to hear a defamation case brought by independent journalist from Uzbekistan Galima Bukharbaeva against the website Zamondosh. The Netherlands-based Zamondosh is accused of damaging Bukharbaeva’s professional reputation.
Well-known journalist Bukharbaeva, who headed the now defunct Uznews.net, says Zamondosh carried a series of libelous materials against her. She seeks a written rectification as well as compensation for the damage suffered.
Stop the Killings – Front Line Defenders Annual Report 2016
As our annual report documents, at least 156 human rights defenders were killed or died in detention in 2015.
Speaking at the launch of “Stop the Killings – Front Line Defenders Annual Report 2016”, the organisation’s Executive Director, Mary Lawlor outlined how, “Human rights defenders (HRDs) face increasingly restrictive and brutal environments in every region of the globe. Extreme violence is being used more frequently and in more countries, while fabricated prosecutions and unfair trials have become the norm in many parts of the world. Those who target HRDs have stepped up their efforts to silence them, both within their borders and internationally”.
Appel à l’ONU par le leader du mouvement populaire «Alga Karakalpakstan»
Dear, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon!
And experts of the UN Committee against Torture
I’m the head of the People’s movement «Alga Karakalpakstan»AmanSagidullaev. Please pay attention to the persecution of civil society in Karakalpakstan by Special Service of Uzbekistan. We are citizens of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, as we pursue (Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Karakalpakstan).
Freedom Now: Submission to the Human Rights Committee
Honorary Chair
The Most Reverend Desmond M.Tutu
FREEDOM NOW – COMMUNICATION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
FOR THE EXAMINATION OF UZBEKISTAN’S STATE PARTY REPORT
(114 TH SESSION)
JUNE 3, 2015
Introduction
1. Freedom Now individually submits this report to assist the Human Rights Committee (Committee) in its review of Uzbekistan’s record of compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Covenant). Freedom Now is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Washington, D.C. that seeks to free prisoners of conscience through focused legal, political, and public relations advocacy efforts.1 Since 2008, Freedom Now has worked on cases of arbitrary detention in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan : Joint NGO Letter to the UN Human Rights Council
Joint NGO letter on Uzbekistan to the Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council.
Your Excellency,
We urge your delegation to ensure that the Human Rights Council adopts a resolution that expresses concerns over serious and systematic human rights violations in Uzbekistan and creates a dedicated monitoring mechanism for the country. Uzbekistan’s government remains one of the most persistent violators of human rights in the world.
