Centralasien

Regionen kännetecknas av bristande rättssäkerhet och hög korruption. Yttrandefrihet och mötesfrihet kränks systematiskt i Uzbekistan och Turkmenistan. Människorättsförsvarare är under konstant tryck. Vi har följt situationen i Centralasien i flera år och strävar efter att stödja de modiga människorättsförsvarare som arbetar där genom att upplysa omvärlden om deras situation.

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(English) In Uzbekistan Prison Doors Are Revolving For Government Critics

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(English) On March 2, Uzbek and international media reported that Uzbekistan freed yet another journalist from prison – Yusuf Ruzimuradov – who spent 19 years in jail, longer than any other reporter in the world, after being imprisoned on fabricated anti-state charges. The news of the release, however, are overshadowed by the imprisonment last fall of two other journalists, Bobomurod Abdullayev and Hayot Nasriddinov, and their upcoming trial slated to start on March 7.

(English) Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist

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(English) Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into the alleged torture and other ill-treatment of a detained independent journalist, Civil Rights Defenders and eleven other human rights groups said today. Uzbek authorities should immediately release Bobomurod Abdullaev and other people detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression.

(English) Human Rights Defender Dilmurod Saiid Freed After Nine Years in Uzbek Prison

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(English) On 3 February 2018, prison authorities in Uzbekistan’s southern Qarshi region released human rights defender and journalist Dilmurod Saiid. He has served almost nine years in prison on fabricated charges of forgery and extortion. Civil Rights Defenders welcomes his release, and urges Uzbek authorities to build upon the achieved progress and ensure the immediate release of all other imprisoned journalists and human rights defenders.

(English) Long Held Journalist and Human Rights Defender Freed From Prison in Uzbekistan

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(English) In the beginning of October, journalist Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov and human rights defender Azam Farmonov were released from Uzbek prisons. “We are relieved to see that our colleagues walk free after spending up to a decade in prison were no innocent journalist or human rights defender belong”, said Joanna Kurosz, Eurasia Programme Director at Civil Rights Defenders.

(English) Petition to the International Association of Prosecutors

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(English) In the run-up to the annual conference and general meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) in Beijing, over 130 civil society organisations urge the IAP to live up to its vision and bolster its efforts to preserve the integrity of the profession. Increasingly, in many regions of the world, in clear breach of professional integrity and fair trial standards, public prosecutors use their powers to suppress critical voices.

(English) We Urge António Guterres to Call for the Release of Jailed Lawyers and Opposition Members

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(English) In advance of António Guterres upcoming trip to Tajikistan, in an open statement, we write to request that Guterres uses the visit to express concern to President Emomali Rahmon and officials in Dushanbe about his government’s politically motivated imprisonment of opposition activists and lawyers. The visit is an opportunity to convey UN concern at the highest level about the deterioration that has occurred over the past several years.

(English) UN’s António Guterres Must Stand Up For Human Rights in Central Asia

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(English) Civil Rights Defenders urges the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to use his visit to the five nations that comprise Central Asia, to publicly advocate for human rights. We also call on the Secretary General to demand an end to the ongoing violations and for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned activists and journalists. Guterres began his Central Asia tour on 07 June and is due to visit every nation in the region over the course of a few days.

(English) Uzbekistan: UN Official Calls for Rights Reforms

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(English) The United Nations high commissioner for human rights called on President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on May 10 and 11, 2017, to turn his government’s pledges for reform into concrete human rights improvements and fulfill its obligations under human rights law. Civil Rights Defenders, together with seven other rights groups, endorsed the high commissioner’s recommendations.

Tidningsredaktör släppt efter 18 år i fängelse

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Den 22 februari släpptes journalisten Muhammad Bekjanov ur fängelse i Uzbekistan efter att ha suttit inlåst i 18 år. Redaktören, för det som en gång var landets ledande oppositionstidning, var fram tills dess en av världens längst fängslade journalister. Han har vid upprepade tillfällen utsatts för tortyr och han fick även sitt fängelsestraff förlängt strax före en planerad frigivning 2012. Enligt preliminära uppgifter kommer han inte kunna lämna landet på ett år.

(English) Failure to Honour International Commitments as Askarov Sentence Upheld

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(English) Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Kyrgyz authorities to fulfil their international commitments to protect civil and political rights by immediately releasing human rights defender and journalist Azimjon Askarov. Today, the Chui Regional Court ruled to uphold the original sentence of life-imprisonment at the end of a trial that allegedly presented the same procedural faults that led to the Human Rights Committee stating that several of Askarov rights had been violated.

(English) Kyrgyzstan Must Free Human Rights Defender Azimjon Askarov

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(English) Four years ago, during two media appearances in Berlin and Bishkek, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev publicly announced that he had no interest in keeping an innocent man in jail. The man Atambayev spoke about– first during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then with Kyrgyz media– is Azimjon Askarov, a human rights defender and a journalist who was imprisoned for life in September 2010.

Uppmaning till EU att diskutera mänskliga rättigheter med Turkmenistan

Tillsammans med en grupp ledande människorättsorganisationer skickade vi ett brev till EU-kommissionens ordförande, José Manuel Barroso, och EU-kommissionären Günther Oettinger inför deras möte med Turkmenistans president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. I brevet uppmanar vi EU:s representanter att ta upp frågan om de grova kränkningarna av människors grundläggande rättigheter som pågår i Turkmenistan.

Frukostseminarium: Per Anger-pristagaren

Amnesty International och Civil Rights Defenders välkomnar dig till ett frukostseminarium den 12 november. Vi bjuder på frukost, föredrag och diskussion. Varje år delar Forum för levande historia, på uppdrag av regeringen, ut Per Anger-priset till en person som gjort stora humanistiska och demokratifrämjande insatser i världen. 2010 års pris tilldelas människorättsförsvararen Elena Urlaeva. Urlaeva […]

Svårare tider för människorättsförsvarare i Kirgizistan

Kirgizistan har länge betraktats som det minst repressiva landet i Centralasien. Ett civilt samhälle har vuxit fram och kunnat verka förhållandevis fritt. Men på senare år har utvecklingen vänt. Fredliga folksamlingar upplöses av militären och regimkritiska journalister hotas och dödas. Gennady Pavlyuk är ett av de senaste offren. Pavlyuk hade öppet kritiserat de kirgiziska myndigheterna […]

“Shadow of the Holy Book” – bisarr historia om ett udda land

Turkmenistan har en av världens mest auktoritära regimer. Landet har också enorma gasfyndigheter och de multinationella företagen gör nästan allt i kapplöpningen om lukrativa kontrakt. Med skicklig berättarteknik och mycket humor ifrågasätter regissören Arto Halonen moralen hos några av världens största företag. Hur bidrar deras affärer med regimen till att tysta ner och dölja omfattande […]