Category Archives: CAMPAIGNS
Petition to UN Human Rights Committee (Azamjon Formonov)
Communication
to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
In the case of
Azamjon FORMONOV
Against
Republic of Uzbekistan
submitted for consideration under the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
to
The United Nations Human Rights Committee
c/o Petition Team
Office of the High Commission for Human Rights
United Nations Office Geneva
Uzbekistan: Andijan Massacre Case Not ‘Closed’
US, EU Should Press for Accountability, End to Rights Abuses
May 13, 2014
A man mourning at the funeral for his brother, who was killed during the Andijan events.
The long shadow of Andijan and the crackdown the government unleashed in its wake still hang over Uzbekistan’s people and their government’s relations with the world. Until President Karimov ensures accountability for the killings and stops harassing anyone who dares to speak openly about Andijan, it will be impossible for Uzbekistan’s international partners to take his repeated claims of reform seriously.
Steve Swerdlow, central Asia researcher
2005 Andijan Massacre: A Survivor Appeals for Justice
Press Releases
2005 Andijan Massacre: A Survivor Appeals for Justice
May 12, 2014 Open Society Justice Initiative
NEW YORK—The Uzbek government is being called to account before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) over its record of repression in the eastern city of Andijan, the scene of a massacre of unarmed protestors in 2005 that left hundreds dead.
Ruziyev v. Republic of Uzbekistan
Last Updated: May 12, 2014
UN Human Rights Committee
Survivor of the 2005 Andijan massacre demands accountability
Husanboy Ruziyev, a survivor of the May 2005 massacre in Andijan, Uzbekistan, is filing a petition before the UN Human Rights Committee accusing the Uzbek police and security services of subjecting him to torture and illegal detention in 2003 and 2004, violating his right to life through the indiscriminate use of force, and of failing to investigate and prosecute the persons responsible for the massacre and torture.
Uzbekistan: Free Human Rights Defender Gaybullo Jalilov and All Prisoners of Conscience
Uzbekistan: Free Human Rights Defender Gaybullo Jalilov and All Prisoners of Conscience
December 23, 2013
International Human Rights Committee Blog (American Bar Association)
By: Patrick Griffith
Earlier this month, on December 10, rights activists around the world celebrated International Human Rights Day, which commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Although the UDHR was passed by the UN General Assembly 65 years ago, its promise remains unfulfilled in states like Uzbekistan, where the government continues to persecute its own citizens for peacefully exercising their fundamental human rights.
Communication to the Committee Against Torture
FREEDOM NOW – COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMITTEE
AGAINST TORTURE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF
UZBEKISTAN’S FOURTH PERIODIC REVIEW
August 12, 2013
I. Introduction
Freedom Now submits this report to assist the Committee Against Torture (the ―Committee‖) in its review of Uzbekistan‘s record of compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (―CAT‖ or the ―Convention‖, during its fourth periodic review of the country. 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.
