December 2015 ойлик архив
Freedom Hause. Key Developments: June 2014 – may 2015 Uzbekistan
Digital Activism
In February 2015, the banned opposition group Birdamlik and human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva protested against the unconstitutional presidential elections of March 29, 2015, by staging their own virtual alternative election. The organizers launched a virtual election committee’s website at Saylov2015.org, where people could cast a vote for eleven presidential candidates (excluding President Karimov).
UZBEKISTAN: Defender of farmers’ rights Azam Formonov spends 10th birthday behind bars
Brussels-Dublin-Paris-Geneva – December 15, 2015 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), FIDH member organisation “Fiery Hearts Club”, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) join Azam Formonov’s family in wishing Azam strength for his 37th birthday which he spent locked up in prison.