Uzbekistan: Latest letter written by human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibaeva

A softhearted prison guard deeply concerned about the health of human rights defender Mutabar Tajibayeva who is a political prisoner at jail No UYa 64/7 now, , has passed the following letter from her on to the Ezgulik human rights society, risking his career and many other things.

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In the early spring a swallow will come, If it greets you, you should know it is me. In the spring as a crown a flower will bloom, You should know it is me.

W I L L

To all my relatives, friends and journalists. To all!

Why is this dark castle without a single window? Beautiful girls are imprisoned in it Should you ask about their health You will see sufferings in their eyes through the headscarf.

This poem was written by Uzbek female writer from Margilan Uvaysi.

I was imprisoned in female prison No UYa 64/7 a year ago and it seems that writer Uvaysi wrote this poem about 1,200 women who are languishing in this prison. They are indeed deprived of not only freedom, but also all the other civil rights.

I have spent a whole month in a punishment cell for protesting against continuing moral and physical tortures.

Thanks to your efforts, I was finally called to the special prosecutor for monitoring prisons, K Romanov, on 28 March. I told him in detail about moral and physical tortures female prisoners are subject in this prison, including me.

On 1 April, I gave the prosecutor a detailed description of all the types and method of torture on eight pages and an explanation letter with the details of the prison administration’s gross violations of Articles 10 and 117 of the Punishment Execution Code on 80 pages. However, he has not provided any legal or any other assistance to me. Over the past year, I have spent 112 days in a punishment cell.

The chief doctor of the medical department, Yuliya Kumarina, Police Maj Rimma Kustimoda, Lt Gulya Ahmadjanova from a rapid reaction subunit, who fulfils orders from officials from Fergana, and Muzaffar Karshiyev torture and mistreat me here.

I am sure that I will not be able to see my relatives and see my lawyers again because I have realised they will never release me from here. If you want to help me, I want to you to take copies of my complaint and explanation letter from the prosecutor for monitoring prisons or his assistant called Yahyo and forward them to Prosecutor-General Rashid Kadyrov. I also ask you to send copies of them to an international criminal court for conducting international investigation into facts detailed in them.

Farewell!

Yours,

Mutabar Tajibayeva