Her story is well-known in human rights circles: arrested, detained and tortured in Uzbekistan’s prisons, she was released on medical grounds and allowed to leave the country in 2008. That year she came to Geneva to receive in person the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders [see: http://www.martinennalsaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=116&lang=en and https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/mutabar-tadjibayeva/].
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Freedom Hause: Uzbekistan – Nations in Transit 2016
Judicial Framework And Independence:
In October, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled that Uzbekistan is obligated to investigate the claims of exiled activist Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who says authorities in Uzbekistan arrested and tortured her repeatedly from 2002 to 2009, violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Uzbekistan acceded to in 1995.[51] In their decision, the UN committee wrote that, “instead of providing detailed information and explanations to the Committee in refutation, the State party [Uzbekistan] accused the author [Tadjibayeva] of having presented ‘invented and biased’ allegations.” Uzbekistan state officials have shown no intention of following through with the UN’s request for an investigation of Tadjibayeva’s injuries, which include forced sterilization, wounds and trauma from torture and gang rape, and memory loss.
[51] Catherine Putz, “UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture,” The Diplomat, 9 October 2015, http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/un-committee-obliges-uzbekistan-to-invest…
UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture
Freedom Hause. Key Developments: June 2014 – may 2015 Uzbekistan
Digital Activism
In February 2015, the banned opposition group Birdamlik and human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva protested against the unconstitutional presidential elections of March 29, 2015, by staging their own virtual alternative election. The organizers launched a virtual election committee’s website at Saylov2015.org, where people could cast a vote for eleven presidential candidates (excluding President Karimov).
UZBEKISTAN: Defender of farmers’ rights Azam Formonov spends 10th birthday behind bars
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.
Communication No. 2234/2013. Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session (29 June-24 July 2015)
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2234/2013
Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session (29 June-24 July 2015)
UN urges Uzbekistan to investigate torture and ill-treatment of human rights defender forcibly sterilised in detention
Ms Tadjibayeva was incarcerated for her human rights activities in 2005-2008 and has been living in exile in Paris since 2009.
Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva wins UN ruling
In a landmark case, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has ruled in favour of human rights defender Ms Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who was arrested, tortured, raped and forcedly sterilised by Uzbek authorities.
On 6 October 2015, the Committee – after determining that there was detailed evidence of the abuses she suffered – ruled that Uzbekistan is obligated to conduct an impartial investigation, to begin criminal proceedings against those responsible for the violations, and to offer compensation to Tabjibayeva.
UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture
The UN Human Rights Committee this week decided in favor of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who says authorities in Uzbekistan arrested and tortured her repeatedly from 2002 to 2009, violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Uzbekistan acceded to the treaty in 1995.
«اگر بگویند یک روز از زندگی ات باقی است، آن را برای مبارزه در راه حقوق بشر خواهم گذراند»
شرح حال معتبر تاجی بائِوا، مدافع حقوق بشر ازبکستانی
10 ANS APRÈS LE MASSACRE D’ANDIJAN, LA SITUATION DES DROITS HUMAINS EST PIRE QUE JAMAIS
A cette occasion, l’ACAT, la FIDH et Reporters sans frontières appellent la communauté internationale à ne pas oublier l’un des massacres de civils les plus sanglants d’Asie centrale.
Le dixième anniversaire du massacre d’Andijan sera commémoré le 13 mai. A cette occasion, la FIDH, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), l’ACAT (Action des Chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture) et le «Club des Cœurs Ardents» (Fiery Hearts Club) appellent la communauté internationale à ne pas oublier l’un des massacres de civils les plus sanglants d’Asie centrale.
