Category Archives: JARAYON
Kazakhstan once again fails to meet its international obligations
Despite the warnings from UN, official Astana extradited Uzbek asylum seeker Khairullo Tursunov to Tashkent. And in his hometown of Karshi, Uzbekistan, someone spread the rumor that “Tursunov died long ago in Kazakhstan”.
On 13 March, at 10:15 am local time, the Kazakh authorities extradited individual asylum seeker from Uzbekistan Khairullo Tursunov to Tashkent. Tursunov was sent home via flight Almaty-Tashkent of the air company “Air Astana”.
Kazakhstan extradited Khairullo Tursunov to Uzbekistan
Despite the warnings of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Kazakh authorities extradited Khairullo Tursunov, asylum seeker from Uzbekistan, to Tashkent.
According to sources of “Jarayon”, authorities of Kazakhstan extradited Khairullo Tursunov, individual asylum seeker from Uzbekistan, to Tashkent on March 13, at 10:15 am local time. Tursunov was sent home via the Almaty-Tashkent flight of the air company “Air Astana”.
Mutabar Tadjibayeva again goes to Geneva
On March 13, Mutabar Tadjibayeva, head of the International human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club”, will take part in the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In addition, during her visit the prominent human rights activist is going to meet with representatives of the Geneva police.
The human rights activist also plans to participate in the roundtable entitled “Eurasia: silence of human rights activists from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan”, which is part of the Council’s session. The event is organized by the international NGO CIVICUS, founded as a world alliance for citizen participation.
It should be noted that the international human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club” has become a member of CIVICUS in 2011.
Uzbek diplomatic mission in Geneva filed a complaint to police on Mutabar Tadjibayeva
A popular French-language Swiss newspaper Le Temps wrote on March 5 that the Mission of Uzbekistan to the UN Geneva office filed a complaint to police stating that Mutabar Tadjibayeva, prominent human rights activist and several other people, tried to illegally enter the house of Gulnara Karimova, eldest daughter of the Uzbek president Islam Karimov, violating the personal space and property of persons with diplomatic status.
According to the newspaper, Mutabar Tadjibayeva recently visited the Swiss city of Colonia, where Gulnara Karimova’s house is located.
Bakhtiyar Fattohov: Canceling tests in Uzbek language is a type of discrimination
Starting 2013, graduates of Uzbek schools in Kyrgyzstan will not be able to take university admission tests in Uzbek language.
According to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, starting 2013 national university admission tests will be held only in Kyrgyz and Russian.
UN asks Kazakhstan not to extradite the Uzbek refugee
Letter sent by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the international human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club” states that an individual complaint, written on the case of Khairullo Tursunov, asylum seekers from Uzbekistan, is received and during its consideration Tursunov must not be extradited to Uzbekistan.
“The UN body writes that the complaint, which we prepared on the case of Khairullo Tursunov, is accepted. The Bureau sent one copy of this complaint to Kazakh authorities.
CPJ: Kyrgyzstan should reopen case of jailed journalist
On February 27, the Committee to Protect Journalists, based in New York, filed the appeal to the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan to reconsider publicly the case of Azimjon Askarov, human rights defender from Jalalabad, who was sentenced to life in prison in September 2010 on charges that included incitement to mass disorder, attempted kidnapping, and participation in a police officer’s murder during the ethnic unrest in the region in 2010.
Copies of the appeal were sent to the President of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz ambassador to the United States and U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, the Foreign Minister and the Minister of Justice of Kyrgyzstan, the U.S. State Department, as well as the OSCE.
Geneva police is looking for Uzbek rights activist Mutabar Tadjibayeva
On Sunday, March 3, Mutabar Tadjibayeva, human rights activist from Uzbekistan and head of the International Human Rights Organization “Fiery Hearts Club”, informed “Jarayon” that she is wanted by police in Geneva, where she is participating in International Human Rights Film Festival.
According to her, the police did not give any explanations to the organizers of the film festival to the reasons why the law enforcement officers of Switzerland are searching for well-known Uzbek human rights activist.
Switzerland hosts the International Film Festival on Human Rights
Today Geneva starts hosting the 11th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH). On the first day of the event, participants will discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan.
FIFDH starts on March 1 and will last for ten days. According to organizers, on the first day of the event participants will discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. Also, on this day, participants will have chance to see a documentary “Massacre in Uzbekistan”, created by Danish journalist Michael Andersen.
Petition for the of political prosoners in Uzbekistan
Dear Sir, Madame
We appeal to the citizens, civil society organizations and governments of free Europe to support and sign our petition for the release of political prisoners in Uzbekistan.
We are convinced that under the established brutal authoritarian political regime of Uzbekistan the only hope for the release of political prisoners is the political pressure on Uzbek authorities by the free countries of Europe, its citizens, public organizations and governments.
