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Articles - Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan

Dismissed state TV journalists continue fight against censorship

Two women journalists protesting media censorship in Uzbekistan ended their hunger strikes last week due to poor health, report Index on Censorship and news reports. Saodat Omonova and her colleague, Malohat Eshonkulova, had started their hunger strike after being arrested and fined for protesting against censorship and corruption in Uzbekistan's state television. Their case is emblematic of Uzbekistan's "atrocious human rights record, including repression of free speech," says Human Rights Watch.

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Thirty-two IFEX members demand release of reporter serving 10 years

An Uzbek journalist who dared to cover some of his country's worst environmental disasters was arrested last year on trumped-up drug charges and is now serving 10 years in jail. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House and 30 other IFEX members have sent a joint letter to the Uzbek authorities to demand that Salijon Abdurahmanov is freed and that journalists are never imprisoned for their work.

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L'UNION EUROPÉENNE ASSOUPLIT LES SANCTIONS CONTRE L'OUZBÉKISTAN EN DÉPIT DE L'EMPRISONNEMENT D'UN REPORTER

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UE RELAJA SANCIONES A UZBEKISTÁN A PESAR DE ENCARCELAMIENTO DE REPORTERO

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EU RELAXES UZBEK SANCTIONS DESPITE REPORTER'S JAILING

An Uzbek journalist who wrote on issues of social and economic justice, human rights and corruption has been given 10 years in jail on fabricated charges, report ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other IFEX members. Ironically, his weighty jail sentence came just days before the European Union (EU) decided to ease sanctions against Uzbekistan for alleged progress on human rights issues.

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ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS LIBERADA

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UNE CHAMPIONNE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EST LIBÉRÉE

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RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREED

Last week Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tojibaeva was released from jail, where she was serving an eight-year prison sentence for her outspoken criticism of the government following the Andijan massacre, says Human Rights Watch.

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TRES AÑOS DESPUÉS DE ANDIJÁN, PRENSA INDEPENDIENTE SIGUE AMORDAZADA

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TROIS ANS APRÈS ANDIJAN, LA PRESSE INDÉPENDANTE EST TOUJOURS ÉTRANGLÉE

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THREE YEARS ON FROM ANDIJAN, INDEPENDENT PRESS STILL STRANGLED

Three years after civilians were killed by Uzbek security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, the government continues to persecute journalists, activists and human rights defenders who spoke out against the massacre, say the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch.

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TRES DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS LIBERADOS

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TROIS DÉFENSEURS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE REMIS EN LIBERTÉ

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THREE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS RELEASED

The Uzbek government has released three human rights activists ahead of a meeting with the European Union (EU), but at least a dozen more remain in jail, reports Human Rights Watch.

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UNE MILITANTE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EST LIBÉRÉE APRÈS AVOIR FAIT DES AVEUX DEVANT LE TRIBUNAL

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TRABAJADORA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS LIBERADA DESPUÉS DE CONFESAR EN TRIBUNAL

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HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER FREED AFTER CONFESSING IN COURT

An Uzbek human rights defender was released on parole last week after she confessed to her "crimes", report Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

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23 MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXIGENT L'ACQUITTEMENT D'UN MILITANT DES DROITS

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23 MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN ABSOLUCIÓN DE ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS

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23 IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND ACQUITTAL OF RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Twenty-three members of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) are calling for the full acquittal of Uzbek journalist and human rights activist Umida Niazova.

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UNE CHAMPIONNE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EST LIBÉRÉE APRÈS AVOIR INTERJETÉ APPEL

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DEFENSORA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS LIBERADA EN APELACIÓN

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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER FREED ON APPEAL

As the "Communiqué" went to press, an Uzbek journalist and human rights defender was freed after an appeals court reduced her prison term to a suspended sentence.

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CATORCE MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN LIBERACIÓN DE DISIDENTES ENCARCELADOS

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14 GROUPES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXIGENT LA LIBÉRATION D'UN JOURNALISTE

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14 IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND RELEASE OF IMPRISONED JOURNALIST

The International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech (Adil Soz), the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES) and 12 other IFEX members have joined in protest against ongoing harassment of independent journalists in Uzbekistan and to campaign for the release of Umida Niyazova.

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LES DÉFENSEURS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE COURENT DES RISQUES

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DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN RIESGO

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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK

The international community must act urgently to help stop the persecution of human rights defenders in Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch says. In the 18 months since security forces massacred peaceful protesters in Andijan on 13 May 2005, Uzbek authorities have unleashed a brutal crackdown on civil society.

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CRISIS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS EMPEORA

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LA CRISE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EMPIRE

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HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS WORSENING

The Uzbek government is escalating its campaign of harassing and threatening human rights activists and international organisations as part of an attempt to smother civil society and eliminate non-governmental organizations (NGO), reports Freedom House.

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AGRESIÓN "MASIVA" EN CURSO PARA ENCUBRIR MASACRE

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"MASSIVE" CRACKDOWN UNDERWAY TO COVER UP MASSACRE

Human Rights Watch is calling on the European Union to suspend its ties with Uzbekistan, saying it has strong evidence to prove that Uzbek authorities are conducting a massive crackdown to conceal the truth about the killing of hundreds of civilian demonstrators in Andijan last May.

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DEMANDE AVEC INSISTANCE UNE ENQUÊTE INTERNATIONALE SUR LE MASSACRE

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PIDE INVESTIGACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE MASACRE

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES INTERNATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MASSACRE

A Human Rights Watch investigation has concluded that the crackdown on peaceful demonstrators by Uzbek authorities in the city of Andijan in May was a massacre. The IFEX member has released a new report, "Bullets Were Falling Like Rain: The Andijan Massacre", which documents the Uzbek government's indiscriminate use of force against unarmed people on 13 May 2005, and its efforts to silence witnesses. It provides the most extensive independent review thus far of the tragedy.

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EMBARGO SUR LES NOUVELLES CONCERNANT LES SANGLANTES MANIFESTATIONS DE PROTESTATION

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SANGRIENTAS MANIFESTACIONES IMPONEN APAGÓN INFORMATIVO

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NEWS BLACKOUT IMPOSED ON BLOODY PROTESTS

As reports emerge about the killing last weekend of hundreds of protesters in Uzbekistan's northeastern city of Andijan, IFEX members say authorities are maintaining an information blockade by expelling journalists from the town and obstructing foreign television news broadcasts.

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CITANT LA SITUATION DÉPLORABLE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE, UNE BANQUE EUROPÉENNE RETIRE SON AIDE

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BANCO EUROPEO DE DESARROLLO RETIRA AYUDA Y CITA EXPEDIENTE DEFICIENTE DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

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EUROPEAN BANK WITHDRAWS AID, CITING POOR HUMAN RIGHTS

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has decided to scale back aid to Uzbekistan because of the country's poor human rights record, following the publication of a major report by Human Rights Watch.

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UZBEKISTÁN: ESCRIBA UNA CARTA DE APOYO A PERIODISTA ENCARCELADO

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OUZBÉKISTAN : ENVOYEZ UNE LETTRE D'APPUI À UN JOURNALISTE EMPRISONNÉ

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LE WIPC LANCE UNE CAMPAGNE POUR FAIRE LIBÉRER LES ÉCRIVAINS EMPRISONNÉS

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WIPC INICIA CAMPAÑA PARA LIBERAR A ESCRITORES ENCARCELADOS

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WiPC LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO FREE JAILED WRITERS

The Writers in Prison of International PEN (WiPC) is launching a campaign this week to draw international attention to free-expression conditions in Uzbekistan, where it says a government crackdown on journalists and human rights defenders is intensifying.

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ON CONNAÎT LA CHANSON, DIT UN RAPPORT DU CPJ

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TODO SIGUE IGUAL, DICE INFORME DE CPJ

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SONG REMAINS THE SAME, SAYS CPJ REPORT

Don't be fooled by Uzbek President Islam Karimov's recent gestures to improve freedom of expression in the country and his declaration that the press is "free." It's all part of a media strategy aimed at silencing Western critics while continuing to repress journalists and human rights activists, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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WORLD MEDIA URGED TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON UZBEKISTAN

The international media should focus more attention on the state of press freedom in Uzbekistan, said journalists attending a conference last week sponsored by the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) and Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF).

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INSTAN A GRUPOS INTERNACIONALES A APOYAR A PERIODISTAS

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LES GROUPES INTERNATIONAUX SONT INVITÉS À PRENDRE LA DÉFENSE D?UN JOURNALISTE

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INTERNATIONAL GROUPS URGED TO SUPPORT JOURNALISTS

Journalists in Uzbekistan, a country where freedom of expression is brutally suppressed by the government of Islam Karimov, needs more support from international groups, says the Journalist Trade Union (JuHI). JuHI President Azer Hasret has recently released a report on press freedom conditions in Uzbekistan following a week-long fact-finding mission to the country in April.

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PERIODISTA ATACADO BRUTALMENTE

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UN JOURNALISTE EST BRUTALEMENT AGRESSÉ

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JOURNALIST BRUTALLY ASSAULTED

Warning that Uzbek President Islam Karimov is "using the excuse of the fight against terrorism to brutally repress all independent journalism in the country," Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the United States to press the government to improve its human rights record. The call follows a series of brutal attacks against independent journalist Ruslan Sharipov, a correspondent for Russian news agency Prima and president of the Uzbek Independent Journalists' Union (UIJU). In the span of one week, the journalist was attacked three times by unidentified men, says RSF. He was choked, hit on the head and stomach, and had his passport and press pass seized. RSF says Sharipov was due to travel to the United States at the invitation of the International Human Rights League to testify before a Congressional panel on human rights abuses in Uzbekistan.

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PERIODISTA Y ESCRITOR LIBERADO POR AMNISTÍA PRESIDENCIAL

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UN JOURNALISTE ET UN ÉCRIVAIN BÉNÉFICIENT D?UNE AMNISTIE PRÉSIDENTIELLE

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JOURNALIST, WRITER FREED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY

Authorities in Uzbekistan have released Shodi Mardiev, a radio reporter, from prison following a 22 August 2001 presidential decree granting amnesty to 18,000 prisoners, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The journalist had been sentenced to an 11-year jail term in 1998 for slandering an official and attempting to extort money from him. CPJ says Mardiev was penalised for producing a radio programme that satirised the alleged corrupt activities of the deputy prosecutor in Samarkand. Mardiev's health has suffered greatly since his incarceration, says CPJ. As well as suffering two brain haemorrhages, he had been hospitalized twice for a heart condition.

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LLAMADO POR ESCRITORES QUE SE ENFRENTAN A TORTURA Y MUERTE

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LANCENT UN APPEL EN FAVEUR DES ÉCRIVAINS MENACÉS DE TORTURE ET DE MORT

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GROUPS APPEAL FOR WRITERS FACING TORTURE, DEATH

With the media's attention currently focused on Central Asia amid the ongoing war in Afghanistan, free expression and human rights groups are stepping up efforts to secure the release of writers and political dissidents from Uzbekistan.

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UN ÉCRIVAIN MEURT DANS DES CIRCONSTANCES SUSPECTES

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ESCRITOR MUERE EN CIRCUNSTANCIAS SOSPECHOSAS

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WRITER DIES IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

Emin Usman, a prominent writer and head of the Uygur Cultural Centre in Tashkent, died on 28 February in suspicious circumstances while in detention, reports the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN. Usman was arrested on 11 February and held in the basement of the Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) headquarters. He was accused of "distributing materials considered to be dangerous to public security." According to human rights activists in Uzbekistan cited by WiPC, Usman was suspected of translating material for a banned Islamic organisation – an allegation denied by his associates. It is also believed that Usman's name appeared on the Uzbek security service's "black list" due to his religious beliefs and activity amongst ethnic Uygurs.