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Relatives of Murod Juraev, former MP of Uzbekistan, one of the political prisoners serving the longest sentence in Uzbek prisons, have lost hope that he may be released by amnesty, the closest of which will be announced on the occasion of the Constitution Day of Uzbekistan.

Murod Juraev’s wife, Kholbeka Juraeva, who met with her husband beginning of this month in Chirchik city prison, says to “Jarayon” that day by day she is losing her hope for his early release.

– I’m not looking forward to it (amnesty of Murod Juraev – “Jarayon”). Last year they said “on December 8 anyone who is over 60 would be released.” Many neighbors said to me: “See, they have announced an amnesty to those, who are 60 years old and older. Murod aka is also 60 years old. If God wills, he will be here soon.” However, the fact that he was 60 years old did not help him at all, – says Kholbeka Juraeva .

With a new round of EU-Uzbekistan human rights talks approaching, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the International Human Rights Association (IHA) Fiery Hearts Club urge the EU to raise concerns about the unrelenting persecution of independent civil society actors as a matter of priority with its Uzbek counterparts.

The EU should challenge the Uzbek authorities to take meaningful steps to implement recommendations addressed to them on this topic during the recent UN Human Rights Council review of the country, said the two organizations.

Since the beginning of the cotton campaign in Uzbekistan some unscrupulous teachers began to divide students into two camps.

– In the beginning of this academic year, principals and teachers of some Uzbek schools began inviting schoolchildren’s parents for individual talks and tell them “the cotton campaign is starting soon, if you have the opportunity to leave your child at home, then let’s talk it over.” Thus, they demand a bribe from them. If the family can afford it, parents will be able to save their child this season from picking cotton and anguishes children face in the cotton fields. But if parents cannot afford it, then the child is included in the so-called list of “not being able to pay”, and instead of going to school, will have to spend time in cotton fields until tale fall, – says Davlatoy Murodova, resident of Andijan.

Tamara Sobirova, sister of Uzbek president’s wife, purchased a luxury apartment in the heart of Istanbul a reader writes to “Jarayon”.

Recently, head of the international human rights organization “Fiery Hearts Club”, Mutabar Tadjibayeva, received an email from one of the readers of “Jarayon”, which says that Tamara Sobirova, sister of Tatiana Akbarovna Karimova – the first lady of Uzbekistan, bought a multi-million dollar property abroad.

The Prosecutor General of Sweden

Mr.Anders Perklev
Östermalmsgsatan 87c
Box 5553
S- 114 85 Stockholm Sweden

Dear Mr.Anders Perklev,

Investigation of the Swedish Prosecutors Office of telecommunications company TeliaSonera, accusing its leadership of giving bribes in huge amounts to Uzbek citizens, who are close to Uzbek president’s family, has caused a major stir not only in Scandinavia, but also throughout the Eurasian continent. Despite the fact that the management of TeliaSonera refutes the allegations made ​​against the company, the facts presented by journalists and the recent events in Uzbekistan only confirm conspiracy between the Uzbek dictatorship and TeliaSonera, one of the leaders in mobile market of Uzbekistan.

Authorities prolonged the sentence Abdurasulov Khudoynazarov, jailed activist of the Human Rights Society “Ezgulik”, who is serving the term in the prison #64/21 in Bekabad city of Tashkent region.

“Jarayon” learned about it from human rights activist’s wife Gulchekhra Turonova.

According to her, an additional prison sentence was added to the existing term of her husband because of the fact that the defender had a blade with himself and thus “violated” the internal rules of penal institution.

On an eve of a deep political and economic crisis in Uzbekistan, Gulnara Karimova is holding her yet another PR-project.

The arrest of the three-level apartment of Gulnara Karimova in the center of Moscow, the arrest of four citizens of Uzbekistan in Switzerland, representatives and managers of firms controlled by Gulnara Karimova, freezing the Swiss bank accounts with several hundred million U.S. dollars belonging to persons close to Gulnara Karimova, the arrest by Prosecutor’s office in Sweden of multimillion-dollar assets of firms controlled by Gulnara Karimova, investigations in Sweden and Switzerland of cases related to bribery of $ 300 million to Uzbek officials by “TeliaSonera”s management, the scandalous resignation of former head of “TeliaSonera” Lars Nyberg; documentary films about the corrupt financial schemes of “TeliaSonera” with Uzbek partners, publication of documents proving that Gulnara Karimova is involved in extortion of bribes, termination of Gulnara Karimova’s office as a head of mission of Uzbekistan to the UN in Geneva with the loss of diplomatic immunity, police raids into several houses of Gulnara Karimova in Switzerland and France investigating the money laundering case; scandalous interview of Lola Karimova, Gulnara’s yonger sister, about the conflict in Uzbek president’s family – these and other facts make “ArtWeek Style.uz-2013” different from previous ones.

On October 3, 2013, due to his ill health, journalist Solijon Abdurakhmanov was transferred from Karshi prison #64/51 to “Sangorod” (medical facility for prisoners) in Tashkent.

On Thursday, October 17, Solijon Abdurahmanov’s relatives went to the prison hospital UYa 64/18 (colloquially called “Sangorod”) to meet with him and pass him parcel. However, the prison administration informed the relatives that Solijon Abdurahmanov had been placed in solitary confinement for 15 days and would stay there until November 1.

Shukurjon Abdurahmanova, Solijonov Abdurahmanov’s wife, told about this on October 17 to the head of the International Human Rights Association “Fiery Hearts Club”, Mutabar Tadjibayeva.