On 15 May 2014, in the appeal hearing, the Criminal Court of the Navoi region reduced a recently imposed sentence against human rights defender MrGanihon Mamathanovby three months to two…
Navoi Regional Criminal Court considered the appeal in regard of human rights activist Ganikhon Mamathonov on May 15, 2014, and changed the verdict of the first instance court. Jarayon was…
US, EU Should Press for Accountability, End to Rights Abuses May 13, 2014 A man mourning at the funeral for his brother, who was killed during the Andijan events. The…
ILO denies systematic use of forced child labor in the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan: a diplomatic ploy to gain concessions from the government or an attempt to deny the commonly…
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent…
Press Releases 2005 Andijan Massacre: A Survivor Appeals for Justice May 12, 2014 Open Society Justice Initiative NEW YORK—The Uzbek government is being called to account before the United Nations…
Last Updated: May 12, 2014 UN Human Rights Committee Survivor of the 2005 Andijan massacre demands accountability Husanboy Ruziyev, a survivor of the May 2005 massacre in Andijan, Uzbekistan, is…
There are two ways to fight defects in the society: the first one is to struggle against corrupt officials and the second one is to struggle against the dictatorship, which…
Elena Ryabinina, aged 60, the manager of Right to Asylum Program of the Human Rights Institute and a prominent human rights activist, passed away on Sunday morning in Moscow. Recently…
For the first time ever International organization “Reporters without Borders” that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press has published a list of the hundred most…
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