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The Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (HRSU) and Front Line presented a joint letter in Genevaposted on: 2008/12/17

The Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (HRSU) and Front Line presented a joint letter in Geneva on 15th December calling for the release of 14 imprisoned human rights defenders and 4 imprisoned family members. Abdujalil Boymatov, Deputy Chair of the HRSU presented the letter to the office of Margaret Sekaggya, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and also met with representatives of six of the other special procedures. The visit coincided with the Human Rights Council discussing the Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan.

Read the joint letter to Margaret Sekaggya, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

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Torture and ill treatment of human rights defender from Uzbekistanposted on: 2007/01/08

Front Line is gravely concerned by reports that Ihtiyor Hamroev, a human rights defender and member of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan was subjected to torture and ill treatment while detained in Prison 64/78 in the Djizak region, on 26 and 27 December 2006.

On 26 December 2006, Ihtiyor Hamroev reportedly complained of stomach pains related to an ulcer and asked the prison guard on duty to call for a doctor. The head of the prison was made aware of his condition. On the following day, 27 December 2006, Ihtiyor Hamroev was allegedly handcuffed and severely beaten by prison guards. Reports claim that he was repeatedly kicked in the stomach, and was subsequently dragged by the hair across the floor. He was then transferred to an isolation unit for 24 hours. Ihtiyor Hamroev's health deteriorated considerably after the incident and he was transferred to Zafarabad district hospital where he was given a medical examination.

Stories from the Front Lineposted on: 2006/12/04

To mark the 8th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in association with FOUR will host ‘Stories from the Frontline” at 3.00 pm, Saturday 9, December.

Kasinather Sivapalan, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender from Sri Lanka and Abdujalil Boymatov, a leading human rights defender and nuclear physicist from Uzbekistan will give their personal testimonies of working at risk in hostile environments.

Sivapalan is the former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and Coordinator of Legal Aid Center; he is a lecturer in Law at the Eastern University in Sri Lanka and member of the Ceasefire Monitoring Commission.

Abdujalil is the vice – president of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan an organization with over 600 members. For over 15 years he has reported and documented the human rights violations committed by the Uzbek government.