Campaign for Mutabar Tadjibaeva

Mutabar Tadjibaeva, a member of the human rights organization, Fiery Hearts is serving an 8-year sentence in the psychiatric section of a women's detention centre. She is been forced to take psychotropic drugs and her health is rapidly deteriorating.

Mutabar Tadjibaeva was found guilty of membership of an illegal organization, as, Fiery Hearts like the majority of NGOs in Uzbekistan, is not legally registered. Following her sentencing, Front Line Director, Mary Lawlor said: “This conviction is politically motivated. Mutabar is being persecuted for her human rights work, the trial was a sham Mutabar must be released immediately.” Mutabar Tadjibaeva still faces a number of charges including, ‘extortion’, ‘land use violations’ and ‘slander’.

On the evening of 7 October 2005,Tadjibaeva was about to leave her home to travel to Ireland to attend Front Line’s 3rd Platform for Human Rights Defenders, where she intended to speak of the human rights violations committed by the Uzbek state when armed and masked policemen stormed her home, arrested and charged her with extortion based on a minor financial disagreement with an employee at her fish farm.

Mutabar Tadjibaeva has been denied the right to private consultation with her lawyers and denied medical attention for her rapidly deteriorating health.

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Call on the authorities to stop the unlawful detention and ill treatment of Mutabar Tadjibaeva. Please copy and paste this letter and send to the recipient below.

Target adresses:

The President of Uzbekistan
President Karimov
700163 g. Tashkent,
ul. Uzbekistanskaia, 43,
Prezidentu Respubliki Uzbekistan Karimovu I.A.,
Uzbekistan

Minister of Internal Affairs
Bahodir MATLIUBOV
Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del RU, ul.
Novruz, 1;
Tashkent 700029;
UZBEKISTAN
Fax: + 998 71 133 89 34

Letter:

Dear,

I am writing to express my grave concern about the continued detention of Mutabar Tadjibaeva, Chairperson of the human rights organisation “Plammenoe Serdtse” (Fiery Hearts Club), who was forcibly transferred to a psychiatric section of a women's detention centre in Tashkent on 7 July 2006. I urge you to release Mutabar Tadjibaeva immediately and unconditionally, as it is clear that these sentences constitute an attempt by the Uzbek authorities to prevent her from carrying out her activities in defence of human rights. I am increasingly concerned at the deteriorating health of Mutabar Tadjibaeva due to the conditions she is being held in and to the denial of appropriate medical care.

I call on the authorities to ensure that Mutabar Tadjibaeva and all human rights defenders detained in Uzbekistan are given regular access to family, lawyers, and medical attention if required while in detention. Immediately cease all forcible psychiatric treatment and allow her access to adequate medical attention. Take immediate measures to guarantee the security of all human rights defenders in Uzbekistan. Front Line respectfully reminds you that the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms also recognizes the legitimacy of the activities of human rights defenders and their right to carry out their activities without fear of reprisals. We would particularly draw attention to Article 12: ‘(1). Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to participate in peaceful activities against violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. (2). The State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually and in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration’.

Your Sincerely,

Action Finished:

This Urgent Appeal has now ended. No further action is requested at this point. Thank you for taking action on this case.

Front Line issues Urgent Appeals on behalf of human rights defenders at risk on a daily basis. These Appeals normally remain active on our web site for a period of up to six weeks, depending on the situation. After this time they will be archived. Front Line maintains a watching brief on all these cases but no further action is requested after the six weeks, unless there is a significant development in the case.

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