To: Mr.Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation;

Ms.Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights;

Mr.Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Head of the Federal Migration Service;

Mr.Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation;

Mr.Ziyadulla Pulathodzhaev, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation;

Human rights organizations and the media.

Dear Sirs,

The entire world community has witnessed the incident, which happened on July 27, 2013, near the market Matveevskiy in Moscow, when a Russian citizen Magomed Rasulov with his relatives and friends obstructed law enforcement officers of the capital city when taking operational measures to arrest the alleged offender (video of the incident can been found here –www.youtube.com / watch? feature = player_embedded & v = pi11DGmh6dk).

After this incident, one of the field officers of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, Captain Anton Kudryashov, was hospitalized with a head injury.

Two Uzbek refugeeswent missing in the territory of Kirov district of Makhachkalaon July 13, 2013.

Missing refugees – 23-year-old Alisher Fazilov and his brother, 30-year-old Zhasurbek Fazilov – are natives of Kashkadarya region, Uzbekistan. They have been living in the territory of Dagestan.

According to their relatives, who spoke tohuman rights center “Memorial”, the brothers left their home at around 10 am and went to Leninkent village on the outskirts of Makhachkala, where they were supposed to fix the roof of a newly built house.

Чалавек можа ўсё. Межаў яго сіле няма, калі наперадзе агонь надзеі.
Гэта вельмі добра ведаюць гуманісты, фанатыкі і закаханыя.

A human being is capable of anything.

There are no limits to his force, if led by the light of hope.
This is very well-known to humanists, fanatics and lovers.

Uladzimir Karatkevich, Belarusian writer

Journalists of “Jarayon” were able to get through their sources in Uzbekistan a copy of the verdict in relation to refugee Khairullo Tursunov, who was extradited from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Uzbek capital Tashkent in spring of 2013.

From the copy of the verdict “Jarayon” has learned that the trial of the 38-year-old Khairullo Tursunov was held in Kashkadarya Regional Criminal Court. The public court proceeding were presided over by Judge A. Elmurodov. Tursunov sentence was handed down on June 6, 2013.

According to Fakhriddin Okkuziev, his younger brother Husniddin died of severe torture by policemen of Chirokchi district of Kashkadarya region.

32-year-old resident of Chordara village of Yakkabag district in Kashkadarya region, Husniddin Okkuziev, died after being brutally tortured by the officers at the Department of the Interior in Chirokchi district.

“Jarayon” learned about this horrific incident from Fakhriddin Okkuziev, elder brother of the deceased. According to him, Husniddin Okkuziev was taken to the police department on May 17, 2013, and was charged with an administrative offence.

In Uzbekistan, the scale of the persecution of believers of different faiths has significantly increased.

Observers note increased nervousness of the authorities during the holy month of Ramadan. These days, in Kashkadarya, Jizzakh and Tashkent regions, special services have detained 15-20 years old young Muslims for “educational talks”. They were released after talks. According to the source of “Jarayon”, “now we have more obedient atheists.”

Kayum Ortikov appealed to the UN Committee on Human Rights complaining that the government of Uzbekistan used brutal torture and oppression against him.

Ortikov accuses the authorities of using torture against him and gross violation of his rights.

International human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club” helped and supported Kayum Ortikov in preparing and submitting a complaint to the UN Committee on Human Rights.

The Swedish town of Sundsvall hosted an appeals court in respect of a married couple from Uzbekistan Bakhodir Pulatov and Nodira Aminov, who were suspected in contributing to the murder attempt on the famous Uzbek imam Obidkhon Nazarov.

On July 1, court of appeals in Sundsvall city acquitted the couple from Uzbekistan – Bahodir Pulatova and Nodira Aminova – who were suspected in contributing to the attack on Uzbek imam Obidkhon Nazarov. The ruling cited the lack of technical evidence to support charges put against this pair.

Yet another Uzbek refugee, Khairullo Tursunov, extradited from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, is sentenced to many years in prison.

Tursunov was exstradited from Almaty to Tashkent on March 13, 2013.

In early June 2013, 38-year-old Uzbek refugee Khairullo Tursunov was sentenced to twelve years in prison for “conducting extremist religious activities.” Jarayon was informed about it on June 26 from Tursunov’s relatives living outside Uzbekistan.

The years of independence in Uzbekistan have seen many cases of illegal arrests, beatings, torture, and unfair trials, and the victims were not only the critics and opponents of the regime of president Islam Karimov, but also thousands of innocent Muslim believers.

Many Uzbek Muslims, including women, were sentenced to many years in prison for so-called membership in the banned religious organizations in the country. Although, many local and international organizations declare the innocence of these people, and that the charges against them were fabricated by the Uzbek authorities.