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”. 
