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 leave the country in 2008. That year she came to Geneva to receive in person the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders [see: http://www.martinennalsaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=116&lang=en and https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/mutabar-tadjibayeva/].
October 2015 ойлик архив
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)
UN urges Uzbekistan to investigate torture and ill-treatment of human rights defender forcibly sterilised in detention
Ms Tadjibayeva was incarcerated for her human rights activities in 2005-2008 and has been living in exile in Paris since 2009.
Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva wins UN ruling
In a landmark case, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has ruled in favour of human rights defender Ms Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who was arrested, tortured, raped and forcedly sterilised by Uzbek authorities.
On 6 October 2015, the Committee – after determining that there was detailed evidence of the abuses she suffered – ruled that Uzbekistan is obligated to conduct an impartial investigation, to begin criminal proceedings against those responsible for the violations, and to offer compensation to Tabjibayeva.
UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture
The UN Human Rights Committee this week decided in favor of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who says authorities in Uzbekistan arrested and tortured her repeatedly from 2002 to 2009, violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Uzbekistan acceded to the treaty in 1995.
