Communication No. 2234/2013. Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session (29 June-24 July 2015)
Human Rights Committee Communication No. 2234/2013 Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session (29 June-24 July 2015)
Human Rights Committee Communication No. 2234/2013 Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session (29 June-24 July 2015)
One of the main UN bodies that monitor States’ compliance with their human rights obligations has found the Uzbek Government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, a…
Human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva with Mary Lawlor, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders, at the 2011 Dublin Platform In a landmark case, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has…
Mutabar Tadjibayeva says she was subject to torture, gang-rape and forced sterilization at the hands of Uzbek authorities. The UN Human Rights Committee this week decided in favor of Mutabar…
Mutabar Tadjibayeva is remarkable, even among human rights defenders. Her story is well-known in human rights circles: arrested, detained and tortured in Uzbekistan’s prisons, she was released on medical grounds and allowed to…