October 2008 ойлик архив

Prominent Uzbek Rights Defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva Visiting Berlin

20.10.2008   FEATURED   No comments

Mutabar Tadjibayeva, a leading human rights defender from Uzbekistan, arrived in Berlin, where she will be available for interviews for the next two weeks, HRW reports. She was awarded the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2008, and will travel from Berlin to Switzerland for the ceremony.

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EU eases Uzbek sanctions despite reporter’s jailing

15.10.2008   FEATURED   No comments

Inga Sikorskaya/IWPR, Bishkek – Following a meeting of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council on October 13, a statement was issued saying the EU “welcomes the progress achieved in Uzbekistan in the last year with regard to respect for the rule of law and protection of human rights”.

It cited as positive examples the release of human rights activist Mutabar Tadjibayeva from jail last year, legislative and judicial reforms, the abolition of the death penalty, and the ratification of conventions against child labour.

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The prominent defender of human rights Mutabar Tadjibayeva was allowed to travel abroad

10.10.2008   FEATURED   No comments

The Council also welcomed the progress that had been made in Uzbekistan during the last year, especially the fact that the prominent defender of human rights Mutabar Tadjibayeva was allowed to travel abroad, but also the reforms in the field of justice and human rights. Nevertheless, Uzbekistan has to reconcile to the ongoing arms embargo for another year. EU eases Uzbek sanctions despite reporter’s jailing

Newsletter European program 08/2008

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