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Uzbekistan: Human rights defender and journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov sentence upheld

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Front Line is deeply concerned by the decision of the Karakalpak Supreme Court’s Appeal Commission yesterday to uphold journalist and human rights activist Salijon Abdurahmanov’s 10-year prison term without explaining its decision. Salijon Abdurahmanov is a founding member and leading journalist with Uznews.net, a member of the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan, and a member of the Committee to Protect Individuals' Rights in Karakalpakstan. He has also worked for Radio Liberty and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and has made public statements concerning human rights violations and restrictions on freedom of expression in Uzbekistan.  Read More

Uzbekistan: Trial of journalist and human rights defender Salijon Abdurahmanov

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that the trial of Salijon Abdurahmanov commenced on 12 September 2008. Salijon Abdurahmanov was arrested on 7 June 2008, after drugs were planted in his car. He is a founding member and leading journalist with Uznews.net, a member of the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan, and a member of the Committee to Protect Individuals' Rights in Karakalpakstan. He has also worked for Radio Liberty and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and has made public statements concerning human rights violations and restrictions on freedom of expression in Uzbekistan. His case was the subject of a Front Line urgent appeal on 20 June 2008.  Read More

Uzbekistan: Journalist and human rights defender Salijon Abdurahmanov detained

Front Line is deeply concerned following the arrest and detention of human rights defender Salijon Abdurahmanov on 7 June 2008, after drugs were planted in his car. Salijon Abdurahmanov is a founding member and leading journalist with Uznews.net, a member of the Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan, and a member of the Committee to Protect Individuals' Rights in Karakalpakstan. He has also worked for Radio Liberty and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and has spoken out against human rights violations and restrictions on freedom of expression in Uzbekistan.  Read More

Rights group voices concern over pressure on Karakalpak

Wednesday, 10 January 2007

Uznews.net – The Front Line international foundation for defending human rights activists today expressed concern with Uzbek President Islam Karimov over the summons of Karakalpak human rights defender Salijon Abdurahmanov to police in Nukus and described this move as intimidation of a human rights activist.

“Front Line expresses concern over reports that Salijon Abdurahmanov, the chairman of the Karakalpak branch of the Committee for Defending Individual’s Rights, was summoned to the deputy head of the Nukus town police department and that police officers examined his flat the same day,” Mary Lawlor, director of Front Line, said in a letter to President Karimov.

The international foundation for defending human rights activists urged the Uzbek authorities to take measures to “enable Salijon Abdurahmanov and other human rights activists in Uzbekistan to carry out their lawful activities to defend human rights freely and without restrictions or intimidation”.  Read More

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