Web pages about "Uzbekistan"

Exceptional Uzbek woman honoured in Geneva on 20 Novembere - 19 November 2008

Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, a human rights activist from Uzbekistan, will receive the 2008 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) on Thursday, 20 November

Turkey expels refugees for second time - 14 October 2008

Turkish law enforcement officials have expelled the same group of Uzbekistani refugees into Iranian territory for the second time in one month.

Activist released in Uzbekistan - 5 June 2008

Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released on Monday, 2 June.

Uzbekistan abolishes the death penalty - 11 January 2008

The trend towards total abolition of the death penalty has continued with Uzbekistan becoming the latest country to put an end to executions.

Uzbekistan: The government should ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture - 7 December 2007

Amnesty International is urging the government of Uzbekistan to take effective action to implement in practice the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT), which published its concluding observations and recommendations on 23 November 2007. These were issued following the CAT’s examination on 9 and 11 November of Uzbekistan’s third periodic report setting out the country’s compliance with the UN Convention against Torture and Uzbekistan’s written replies to a list of issues raised by the CAT at its pre-session in May.

Russia extradites, Uzbekistan abuses - 6 August 2007

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, co-operation between former members, Russia and Uzbekistan, has been increasingly influenced by concerns about regional security and the "war on terror".

Press Freedom: Journalists in need of protection - 3 May 2006

Since the beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003, more journalists have been killed in that country than anywhere else in the world.

Control Arms Campaign: Tangible momentum and potential for real change - 10 December 2003

On this 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, threats of new terrorist attacks and the dangers of weapons of mass destruction dominate the headlines.