April 2014 ойлик архив

Pressure on believers is increasing in Osh

Last month, the Kyrgyz State National Security Service detained about 10 people in the city of Osh, who are suspected of departure for Syria to implement jihad and involvement in terrorist groups.

According to information circulated by the Kyrgyz State National Security Committee, most of the detainees are suspected of involvement in fighting on the side of antigovernment forces in Syria, who after return to Osh callpeople to jihad.

“We are believers, not jihadists.”

According to some residents of Osh, these days the local authorities have increased pressure on ordinary believers under the pretext of detention of members of different terrorist groups.

Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov was not allowed to see his son

Journalist Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov, kept in the prison in Karshi, was not allowed to see his son Davron, who came to the prison for a short visit.

That was reported to Jarayon by the journalist’s spouse Shukurzhon Abdurakhmanova.

According to her, the prison officials issued permission for Davron to visit his father, who arrived to the Karshi prison. The father and the son were brought into the visiting room and they saw each other on the two sides of the mirror. However, the prison staff took Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov out of the room before the father and the son even managed to take their seats at the phones to talk to each other.

UN creates red tape in regard to Erkin Musayev’s case

Aidzhon Musayev, the father of former Uzbekistan Defense Ministry employee Erkin Musayev, applied to “Fiery Hearts Club” International Human Rights Organization with a complaint asserting that in fact UN decisions made regarding his son’s case do not work.

“There are two UN decisions made regarding the case of my son. These decisions of the Working Group of the UN Committee on Human Rights were made in May 2008 and March 2012. The local authorities still ignore these two documents. On the basis of these UN resolutions, we appealed to the Presidential Administration, the Prosecutor General, the Supreme Court and other relevant authorities of Uzbekistan to reconsider my son’s case and bring a fair verdict. However, unfortunately there is nothing substantial in the responses we received from these bodies,” Aidzhon Musayev told “Jarayon”.

Kyrgyz security services officers are accused of murdering Pavlyuk, killers of Saipov are not imprisoned yet

In Kyrgyzstan, two special services officers were arrested and taken to a detention center as suspected of complicity in the murder of journalist Gennady Pavlyuk.

This was reported on April 8, 2014 by the Kyrgyz service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty with reference to the press service of the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan.

According to the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General’s Office, their counterparts from Kazakhstan sent the criminal case to Bishkek on April 5 in regard to staff of the Kyrgyzstan State National Security Committee. They are accused by the Kazakh authorities regarding the case of murdered journalist Gennady Pavlyuk.

Dilmurod Sayid expected early release or transfer to penal colony

Relatives of jailed independent journalist Dilmurod Sayid told Jarayon that people from above prevent his release.

They also provided “Jarayon”with a scanned version of his letters and poems, which he addressed to his friends and colleagues at large. The letter and poems were written on February 2014, but reached his relatives after a while.

Obid Saidov, Dilmurod Sayid’s younger brother, told Jarayon on 5 April that one of his brother’s friends delivered him the letter and poems.

The new criminal case against human rights defender Ganikhon Mamatkhonov should be stopped, he should be immediately released.

The new criminal case against human rights defender Ganikhon Mamatkhonov should be stopped, he should be immediately released.

By this joint statement, Fiery Hearts Club International Human Rights Organization (France) and Ezgulik Human Rights Society (Uzbekistan) express a deep concern about the fate of famous Uzbek human rights defender Ganikhon Mamatkhonov.

On the occasion of European Union – Uzbekistan dialogue

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are well aware that earlier this week Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, attended the European Dialogue – Uzbekistan dialogue. We write to inform You on the serious, systematic and ongoing human rights violations of the Uzbek people, including the situation of civil society activists, religious prisoners, transparency and openness in the EU-Uzbekistan dialogue, the recent undemocratic initiatives of president Karimov to amend the Uzbek Constitution, and state-orchestrated forced labour of children and adults during annual cotton harvesting season and encourage You to urge the Uzbek government to sincerely address those issues.