Archive for the ‘Uzbekistan’ Category
(Astana) – The Kazakh government has violated international law by forcibly returning at least 28 Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, putting their lives and well-being at risk, Human Rights Watch said today.
June 9 Update – A June 7 letter to Kazakhstan’s prosecutor general and June 7 press release urging respect for the principle of non refoulement contained errors in the listing of individuals previously returned by Kazakh authorities to Uzbekistan. The press release below has been corrected.
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(New York) – Uzbek authorities released the dissident Yusuf Jumaev from prison on May 19, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Jumaev, a civic activist, poet, and prominent government critic, was imprisoned in April 2008, following a conviction on politically motivated charges, and was ill-treated in prison.
(New York) – Uzbek authorities on December 1, 2010, released the human rights defender Farkhad Mukhtarov from prison, where he had been serving a four-year sentence on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.