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Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Uzbekistan: Uzbekistani writer free after 14 years
24 April 2013

Writer Mamadali Makhmudov was released on 19 April after serving 14 years in prison in cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions in Uzbekistan. The day of his release ...

Urgent Action       EUR 62/002/2013

Uzbekistan: Uzbekistani writer faces further prison term: Mamadali ...
26 March 2013

Uzbekistani writer Mamadali Makhmudov was told on 5 March that a new criminal case for allegedly violating prison rules has been initiated against him. He was due ...

Urgent Action       EUR 62/001/2013

Russia: Further information: Uzbekistani national at risk of ...
13 March 2013

Azamatzhon Ermakov is now back in Uzbekistan, where he is facing a real risk of being tortured and otherwise ill-treated. There is strong circumstantial evidence ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/009/2013

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

Russian Federation: Uzbek man risks forcible return from Russia ...
17 December 2012

Uzbekistani national Yusup Kasymakhunov went missing in Moscow region on 14 December 2012. He may have been abducted by Uzbekistani security services and taken ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/052/2012

Russian Federation: Uzbek man believed to be forcibly disappeared ...
9 November 2012

Azamatzhon Ermakov has disappeared after being released from detention on 2 November in Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia. There are serious grounds to believe he has been ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/045/2012

Uzbekistan: Human rights violations continue to be commonplace ...
31 October 2012

In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of a number of recommendations made to Uzbekistan during its previous Universal Periodic ...

Report       EUR 62/001/2012

Russian Federation: Uzbek man facing extradition, torture: Yusup ...
9 July 2012

The Russian authorities are preparing to extradite an Uzbek man, Yusup Salimakhunovich Kasymakhunov. He will face a real risk of torture and other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/027/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Kazakhstan: Ethnic Uzbeks at risk of torture if returned: Further ...
10 June 2011

Kazakhstan extradited 28 ethnic Uzbeks to Uzbekistan on 9 June 2011, where they are at real risk of torture. Four more ethnic Uzbek men are also at risk of forcible ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/002/2011