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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.

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Uzbekistan: Leading human rights organisations appeal to European Union re case of human rights defender Yusuf Jumaposted on: 2009/06/17

8 leading human rights organisations today published an open letter to the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, expressing their concern at the torture and ill-treatment in prison of Uzbek human rights defender Yusuf Juma.

Uzbekistan: Human rights defender and dissident writer Yusuf Juma isolated in prison.posted on: 2009/01/26

According to a recent statement by Uznews writer Yusuf Juma, who was locked up in the Jaslyk prison in northern Karakalpakstan, has now been placed in an information vacuum and is not allowed to see his relatives or lawyer.

Uzbekistan: Sentencing of human rights defender Yusuf Jumaposted on: 2008/04/17

Front Line is deeply concerned following the sentencing of human rights defender Yusuf Juma to five years' imprisonment on 15 April 2008. Yusuf Juma is a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist in Uzbekistan. He was arrested along with his sons, Bobur and Mashrab, in the Tashkent region in mid-December 2007 and he has been detained in the Otbozor Prison in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan:Torture of human rights defender Yusuf Juma, his sons, and threats against human rights lawyer Ruhiddin Kamilovposted on: 2008/03/18

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the continued torture and ill-treatment of imprisoned human rights defender and writer Yusuf Juma and his sons Bobur and Mashrab Juma. Yusuf Juma is a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist in Uzbekistan. Yusuf, Bobur and Mashrab Juma were arrested in the Tashkent region in mid-December 2007 and are all detained in the Otbozor Prison in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. Yusuf and Bobur Juma's lawyer, Ruhiddin Kamilov, has been threatened by the prison governor.