Sid Yanyshev
HRD
Said Abdurakhimov, who writes under the penname Sid Yanyshev, is an investigative journalist working in Uzbekistan. His work has covered violations of property rights of Tashkent inhabitants whose houses had been demolished by officials.
Sid YanyshevCases
Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan continue to be systematically persecuted. Torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary detention, fabricated prosecutions, imprisonment and excessive force are used by law enforcement officials to prevent human rights defenders from carrying out their legitimate and peaceful work in defence of human rights. The severity of the repression has contributed to a number of human rights defenders being forced to go into exile.
