27.01.2012 кунлик архив
Freedom Now Press Release (Akzam Turgunov)
Honorary Co-Chair
The Most Reverend Desmond M. Tutu
The Honorable Václav Havel (In Memoriam, 2006-2011)
January 27, 2012
Contact: Patrick Griffith
+1 202.223.3733
pgriffith@freedom-now.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNITED NATIONS DECLARES CONTINUED DETENTION OF
AKZAM TURGUNOV ARBITRARY; CALLS FOR RELEASE
Washington, D.C.: In response to a petition filed by Freedom Now, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued an opinion that the detention of Akzam Turgunov by the Government of Uzbekistan is arbitrary and a violation of international law. The UN Working Group—an independent panel of human rights experts from around the world calls for his release.
Human rights or security: A false choice (Akzam Turgunov)
Human rights or security: A false choice
By Maran Turner
January 27, 2012
This month, Akzam Turgunov, an Uzbek human rights advocate, spent his 60th birthday in a prison work camp. Just before his birthday, the Obama administration moved to weaken U.S. sanctions against Uzbekistan that have been in place since 2004 due to its abhorrent human rights practices. Turgunov’s imprisonment, recently declared a violation of international law by the United Nations, stands as one example of those practices.
