January 2016 ойлик архив
Stop the Killings – Front Line Defenders Annual Report 2016
As our annual report documents, at least 156 human rights defenders were killed or died in detention in 2015.
Speaking at the launch of “Stop the Killings – Front Line Defenders Annual Report 2016”, the organisation’s Executive Director, Mary Lawlor outlined how, “Human rights defenders (HRDs) face increasingly restrictive and brutal environments in every region of the globe. Extreme violence is being used more frequently and in more countries, while fabricated prosecutions and unfair trials have become the norm in many parts of the world. Those who target HRDs have stepped up their efforts to silence them, both within their borders and internationally”.
Freedom Hause: Uzbekistan – Nations in Transit 2016
Judicial Framework And Independence:
In October, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled that Uzbekistan is obligated to investigate the claims of exiled activist 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, which Uzbekistan acceded to in 1995.[51] In their decision, the UN committee wrote that, “instead of providing detailed information and explanations to the Committee in refutation, the State party [Uzbekistan] accused the author [Tadjibayeva] of having presented ‘invented and biased’ allegations.” Uzbekistan state officials have shown no intention of following through with the UN’s request for an investigation of Tadjibayeva’s injuries, which include forced sterilization, wounds and trauma from torture and gang rape, and memory loss.
[51] Catherine Putz, “UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture,” The Diplomat, 9 October 2015, http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/un-committee-obliges-uzbekistan-to-invest…
UN Committee Obliges Uzbekistan to Investigate Accusations of Torture
