Ouzbékistan: MISE A JOUR- libération du défenseur des droits humains Maksim Popovposted on: 2011/09/02

Le défenseur des droits humains, M. Maksim Popov, a été libéré du pénitencier N°6 de Navoi Oblast, le 9 juin 2011. Il a servi deux années d’une peine de sept ans à laquelle il avait été condamné. Les cinq années restantes ont été commuées en travail d’intérêt général.

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Le 9 juin 2009, M. Maksim Popov avait été condamné à sept ans de prison par le Tribunal du district de Chilazar à Tachkent.

Maksim Popov est psychologue est Directeur exécutif d’Izis, une organisation non gouvernementale qui organise des programmes de formation sur le VIH/SIDA, des sessions de soutien psychologique individuelles ou collectives, et qui garantie l’approvisionnement en aiguilles stériles.

Front Line salue la libération de Maksim Popov mais appelle les autorités ouzbèques à abandonner toutes les charges qui pèsent contre lui.

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Uzbekistan: Uzbek human rights defender stripped of citizenship on release from prison before departure for USA posted on: 2011/05/24

According to Uz.News the revocation of his citizenship was a condition for the release of dissident writer Yusuf Juma from prison and his departure for the United States. Juma was released from prison on 19 May and was reunited with his family who are leaving in Louisville, Kentucky on 20 May.

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The writer told Uznews.net that when he was moved from the notorious Jaslyk prison in Karakalpakstan to Nukus after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Uzbekistan on 2 December, he thought this could be a sign of his impending early release from jail. He said that his expectations were confirmed when he was told about his early release on 19 May and was taken to Tashkent International Airport, where a US embassy official handed him all the necessary documents to depart for the USA.

However, he said, as a condition for his release and departure for the USA he was forced to give up his Uzbek citizenship. “A US diplomat gave my documents to a border guard, who made necessary stamps, and I was able fly,” he said.

Uzbekistan: UPDATE human rights defender and poet Mr Yusuf Juma released on humanitarian groundsposted on: 2011/05/23

Front Line welcomes the release on 18 May 2011 of Uzbek poet and human rights defender Mr Yusuf Juma. Yusuf Juma is a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist. He was arrested on 22 December 2007 after staging a protest against the arrest of Mashrab Juma, who was reportedly detained on trumped-up charges, in the run-up to the re-election of President Islam Karimov, in an attempt to silence his father.

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On 15 April 2008 Yusuf Juma was were charged with assault and “insulting and resisting representatives of the government” during an antigovernment demonstration in the city of Bukhara and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He was reportedly tortured during the investigation and in 2010 the family of Yusuf Juma issued a public statement about the tortures he had been submitted to in the penal colony in Jaslyk.

Immediately after his release, on 19 May 2011, Yusuf Juma left Uzbekistan for the United States.

Front Line remains concerned that at least 15 other human rights defenders continue to serve long term sentences in Uzbek prisons.

Uzbekistan: Update - Ongoing concerns regarding the condition of imprisoned human rights defender Habibbula Akpulatov posted on: 2010/09/13

Front Line is concerned regarding reports of the condition of human rights defender Mr Habibbula Akpulatov in prison. It has been reported that his condition of health is deteriorating: he is loosing his eyesight, and is losing sensation in his lower right leg. He is not receiving adequate medical attention in prison. Habibbula Akpulatov was originally arrested in 2005, and is currently detained in prison No. 64/45 in Almalyk, Tashkent region.

Uzbekistan: Imprisoned human rights defender Dilmurod Sayid writes open letter to UN Secretary General and international human rights organisationsposted on: 2010/07/14

The independent Uzbek journalist and human rights defender Dilmurod Sayid, sentenced in July 2009 to 12 and a half years in prison, has addressed an open letter to the UN Secretary General and international human rights organizations. Front Line previously issued an urgent appeal on Dilmurod Sayid regarding his sentence on 4 August 2009.

Uzbekistan: Human rights defender, Mr. Sattor Irzaev, released from prison while others remain in detentionposted on: 2009/08/21

Front Line welcomes the release of Mr Sattor Irzaev from prison on 10 August 2009. Sattor Irzaev is a member of the Ishtikhan regional branch of HRSU.