To Ms.Eija Pitkänen, Vice President of “TeliaSonera”.

Madam Eija Pitkänen,

International Human Rights Association “Fiery Hearts Club” expresses its appreciation that you responded to our appeal on behalf of “TeliaSonera”. We welcome the fact that “TeliaSonera” became one of the participants in the Industry Dialogue that collaborates with the Global Network Initiative. We are grateful that you make sure that our organization will be one of the groups the efforts of the Industry Dialogue are directed to.

To: UN Secretary-General, Mr.Ban Ki-moon (Ban Ki-moon)

The head of UNHCR, Mr.Antonio Guterres

UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake

President of the European Commission, Mr.Jose Manuel Barroso

Dear Sirs,

International Human Rights Association “Fiery Hearts Club” brings to your notice its acute concern about the dramatic fate of the refugees and migrant workers from Central Asia, who have no choice but to work in Russia. The policy of “closed doors”, pursued by the leaders of the authoritarian Central Asian countries, is serving as a detonator to the labor migration of millions of people.

The scandal surrounding the Scandinavian telecommunications company is growing.

The investigation into bribery and corruption that started in Sweden in relation to a mobile operator can significantly extend its boundaries. There is no doubt that “TeliaSonera” is one of the participants in the complicated chain of financial corruption created by Gulnara Karimova, eldest daughter of bloody dictator Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan.

However, human rights activists fear that in Uzbek authorities may begin a criminal prosecution against independent journalist.

On Thursday, October 3, mass media reported that an independent journalist from Urgench, Sergey Naumov, was released after serving twelve days of administrative arrest.

On the night of October 3, “Jarayon” was able to reach Sergey Naumov via the phone. In a brief interview with our reporter, he was able to report the following:

Working sessions 8 and 9, specifically selected topic: Freedom of association and assembly

Friday 27 September 2013

Written statement by International Partnership for Human Rights together with the Human RightsCenter Viasna, the Human Rights Club, the International Human Rights Organization Fiery Hearts Club, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Nota Bene, Public Verdict Foundation, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and the Voice of Freedom Foundation.

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers” – reads the article number 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Uzbekistan joined in September 1991.

To date, Uzbekistan has ratified 70 international instruments on human rights. In official media, in briefings, in public speeches of the leadership of the country, in reports to the UPR on the sessions of the Human Rights Council – the official Tashkent has always been claiming about the ongoing reforms in the country related to human rights issues.

MTo Ambassador of Sweden, Mr.Åke Peterson

Dear Mr.Peterson,

Allow me to pay my respect and honor, as well as to express my appreciation for your contribution to the protection of human rights. International Human Rights Association “Fiery Hearts Club” expresses its sincere appreciation for your interest in the public discussion of the state of human rights in Uzbekistan. We hope that visiting Uzbekistan you will get a lot of unforgettable experiences.

We the undersigned, representing the civil society of Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, express our deep concern over the recent actions of the Russian authorities towards migrant workers from Central Asia.

In recent weeks the following actions have been reported: raids targeting people of foreign appearance in Moscow, which have seen more than one thousand people arrested; the creation of a supposedly temporary camp in Golyanovo for these detained migrants; and an announcement by the Federal Migration Service on a plan to set up 83 such camps for illegal migrants.

The Secretary-GenerAL message on international Youth Day.

This year’s observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of some 214 million international migrants, young people constitute more than 10 per cent, yet too little is known about their struggles and experiences.