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No.3857 ウズベキスタン:
恣意的に逮捕された人権NGOの代表が、女性拘禁センターの精神科で不適切な処遇で拘禁されています。

(ジュネーブ・パリ発 7月25日)

国際人権連盟」(FIDH)と「SOSトーチャー」の共同プロジェクトである「人権擁護家保護のための監視機構」は、ウズベキスタンにおける下記の状況に関して皆様の引き続きの働きかけをお願いします。

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人権擁護家のための監視機構は信頼できる情報筋より、フェルガナ盆地のマルギランにある人権団体「アーデント・ハート・クラブ(熱意ある者たちのクラブ)」の代表であるムフタバール・トジバエヴァさんが、タシケントのミラバード地区にある女性拘禁センターの精神科に移されたという情報を入手しました。

情報によると、トジバエヴァさんは、タシケント拘禁センターからタシケントのミラバード地区にある女性拘禁センター内の精神病患者や薬物依存症者の療養所に移送されたということです。

2006年7月13日に弁護士がトジバエヴァさんと面会しましたが、彼女は両手を縛られていました。2人は監視されていたので、トジバエヴァさんは縛られている理由を話しませんでした。それ以降、彼女は誰との面会も許されず、また弁護士が彼女の移送の理由を問い合わせましたが、正式な回答は得られていません。

弁護士によれば、トジバエヴァさんは心身ともに非常に弱っているようでしたが、適切な医療を何も受けられないでいるということです。彼女は何かの薬を飲まされましたが、その中身や効果は不明です。

監視機構は、トジバエヴァさんの拘禁は彼女の人権活動を制裁するためのものであるとして憂慮を表明し、また彼女の健康を危惧します。

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2005年10月7日、ダブリン(アイルランド)で開催された「フロントライン」主催の「第3回人権擁護家プラットフォーム」に出席する準備をしていたトジバエヴァさんは、内務省の職員16人に自宅で逮捕されました。その後、彼女は刑法第165条2bの「強奪」で起訴されました。それは、従業員の1人に彼女が貸した大金の返済をめぐる争いに関連しています。この従業員が彼女の自宅を訪れ、金の一部を返済した時に、法執行官が住居に踏み込みました。2005年12月24日に彼女に対して多くの嫌疑がかけられました。

2006年3月6日、ムフタバール・トジバエヴァさんは、タシケント州のドゥストボド、ウルタ・チルチク・ラヨン裁判所で17件の嫌疑により8年の刑期を言い渡されました。嫌疑は、その多くが経済的なもので、「中傷」(刑法第139条3)、「アーデント・ハート・クラブ」が2005年12月28日制定の「刑法およびNGOに関する行政責任に関する規則についての改正法」に基づいた登録をしていないことを理由とする「違法組織への所属」(第244条)などでした。

この司法手続きは多くの反則行為により損なわれています。具体的には、トジバエヴァさんが弁護士と彼女だけで面会することができなかったことや、数名の弁護側証人が審理で供述する前に退廷を命じられたことなどです。また、5千ページにもわたる訴訟資料を十分に読んだり、それを弁護士と話し合ったりする時間が充分与えられませんでした。

<行動要請>

ウズベキスタン関係当局に以下の内容の要請をお願いします。

1.いかなる情況にあろうともムフタバール・トジバエヴァさんの心身の安全を保障すること。

2.彼女の拘禁は恣意的であるので、即時無条件で釈放すること。

3.トジバエヴァさんおよびウズベキスタンのすべての人権擁護家に対する嫌がらせの行為をすべて止めること。

4.1998年12月9日に国連総会が採択した人権擁護家に関する宣言の条文、とりわけ、「すべての人は、人権と基本的自由を国内および国際レベルで促進および保護する権利を、個別におよび集団的に所有する」とした第1条と、「国家は、個別であれ他者との合同であれ、すべての人が、本宣言に記述されている権利の合法的行使の結果により受ける、暴力、脅迫、報復、事実上あるいは法律上の差別、圧力あるいはその他の恣意的行為から資格ある当局の保護を受けるよう保障するために、あらゆる必要な措置をとるものとする」とした第12条2項に従うこと。

5.いかなる情況にあろうとも、国際人権基準およびウズベキスタンが批准した国際人権文書に沿って国内における人権尊重と基本的自由を保障すること。

<要請先>

大統領:Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov, ul
President of Uzbekistan,
Uzbekistanskaya 43, Rezidentsia prezidenta
700163 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
Fax: +998 71 133 7258
E-mail: presidents_office@press-service.uz

外務大臣:Mr. Elyor Majidovich Ganiev
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Respublika Uzbekistan
700029 g. Tashkent; pl. Mustakillik
5; Ministerstvo inostrannykh del RU, S.S., Uzbekistan
Fax: + 998 71 139 15 17

議会人権委員:Sayora Rashidova, ul
Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights
Xalqlar Dostligi 1
700035 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
Fax: +998 71 139 85 55
E-mail: office@ombudsman.gov.uz

最高裁長官:Ubaydulla Mingbaev
Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Respublika Uzbekistan
700183 g. Tashkent; ul. Abdulla Kodiri, 1
Verkhovny Sud Respubliki Uzbekistan

検事総長:Rashidjon Hamidovich Kodirov, ul
General Prosecutor of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Gulyamova 66, 700047 Tashkent
Republic of Uzbekistan
Fax: +998 71 133 39 17
E-mail: prokuratura@lawyer.com

国家人権センター:Senator Akmal Saidov
National Centre for Human Rights
Natsionalny tsentr po pravam cheloveka
5/3, Mustakillik Maidoni, g
Tashkent, Respublika Uzbekistan. 700029
Fax: + 998 71 139 13 56 / 45 16
E-mail: office@nchr.uz

国連大使:Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in Geneva
PO Box 1853, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
Fax: +4122 799 43 02
E-mail: uzbekistan@bluewin.ch


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Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov, ul
President of Uzbekistan,
Uzbekistanskaya 43, Rezidentsia prezidenta
700163 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

Dear President Karimov,

I am writing you to express my concern over the condition of Mrs. Mukhtabar Tojibaeva, Head of the “Ardent Hearts’ Club”, a human rights organisation based in Margilan, in the Fergana va. She was given an eight years’ imprisonment on March 6, 2006 following her arrest on October 7, 2005. It is reported that she is very weak both physically and mentally. I would like to urge you the following:

1. To guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mrs. Mukhtabar Tojibaeva;

2. To release her immediately and unconditionally since her detention is arbitrary;

iii. Put an end to all acts of harassment against her as well as all other human rights defenders in Uzbekistan;

3. To conform with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998, especially its article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels”, article 12.2, which states that “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;

4. To ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Uzbekistan.

I thank you for your kind attention to my request.

Yours truly,

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URGENT APPEAL THE OBSERVATORY


New information
UZB 001 / 0306 / OBS 026.1
Arbitrary detention / Fear for ill-treatments / Arbitrary sentence
Uzbekistan
July 25, 2006


The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Uzbekistan.


New information:

The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources that Mrs. Mukhtabar Tojibaeva, Head of the “Ardent Hearts’ Club”, a human rights organisation based in Margilan, in the Fergana valley, was transferred to a psychiatric section of a women’s detention centre in the Mirabad district, Tashkent.

According to information received, on July 7, 2006, Mrs. Tojibaeva was transferred from her cell in the Tashkent centre of detention to a psychiatric service for mentally ill and drug-addicted persons, in a women’s detention centre located in the Mirabad district, Tashkent.

On July 13, 2006, Mrs. Tojibaeva's lawyer was allowed to meet with her client, who had her hands tied together. Mrs Tojibaeva did not explain the reasons why, as they were under observation. Since then, Mrs. Tojibaeva has not been allowed to receive other visits, and no official reasons have been given for her transfer, despite her lawyer's requests.

According to her lawyer, Mrs. Tojibaeva looked very weak and depressed, and is reportedly denied access to any adequate medical treatment. She has allegedly been forced to take some medication, content and effects of which are unknown.

The Observatory expresses its deep concern about Mrs. Tojibaeva’s detention, which appears to be aimed at sanctioning her activities in defence of human rights, and fears for her state of health.

Background information:

On October 7, 2005, Mrs. Tojibaeva was arrested at her home by sixteen officers from the Department of Home Affairs, while she was preparing to attend the Third Platform on Human Rights Defenders organised by Frontline in Dublin (Republic of Ireland). Mrs. Tojibaeva was then charged with “extortion” under Article 165.2b of the Criminal Code, in connection with a dispute with one of her employees to whom she had lent a large sum of money that was to be repaid to her. It was when this employee visited Mrs. Tojibaeva’s home and returned some of the money that the security forces burst in her home. On December 24, 2005, numerous other charges were filed against Mrs. Tojibaeva.

On March 6, 2006, Mrs. Tojibaeva was sentenced to a eight-year term of imprisonment by the court of Dustobod, Urta Chirchik rayon court, in Tashkent oblast, on 17 different charges - mostly economic -, including “slander” (article 139.3 of the Criminal Code) and “membership of an illegal organisation” (article 244) on the grounds that the Ardent Hearts’ Club was not be registered under the “Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Liability concerning NGOs”, adopted on December 28, 2005.

The proceedings have reportedly been marred by numerous irregularities, in particular several violations of the right to a fair trial. Indeed, Mrs. Tojibaeva was not allowed to meet her lawyers in private, and several defence witnesses were ordered to leave the Court before giving their statements. She was also denied sufficient time to prepare her case with her lawyer and to become familiar with the 5,000 pages of case materials.

Actions required:


Please write to the Uzbek authorities urging them to:


i. Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mrs. Mukhtabar Tojibaeva;


ii. Release her immediately and unconditionally since her detention is arbitrary;

iii. Put an end to all acts of harassment against her as well as all other human rights defenders in Uzbekistan;

iv. Conform with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998, especially its article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels”, article 12.2, which states that “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;


v. Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Uzbekistan.

Addresses :

President of Uzbekistan, Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov, ul. Uzbekistanskaya 43, Rezidentsia prezidenta, 700163 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, Fax: +998 71 133 7258, E-mail: presidents_office@press-service.uz


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Elyor Majidovich Ganiev, Respublika Uzbekistan; 700029 g. Tashkent; pl. Mustakillik, 5; Ministerstvo inostrannykh del RU, S.S., Uzbekistan, Fax: + 998 71 139 15 17


Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Sayora Rashidova, ul. Xalqlar Dostligi 1, 700035 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, Fax: +998 71 139 85 55, E-mail: office@ombudsman.gov.uz


Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ubaydulla Mingbaev, Respublika Uzbekistan; 700183 g. Tashkent; ul. Abdulla Kodiri, 1; Verkhovny Sud Respubliki Uzbekistan


General Prosecutor of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Rashidjon Hamidovich Kodirov, ul. Gulyamova 66, 700047 Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, Fax: +998 71 133 39 17, E-mail: prokuratura@lawyer.com


National Centre for Human Rights, Senator Akmal Saidov Natsionalny tsentr po pravam cheloveka, 5/3, Mustakillik Maidoni, g. Tashkent, Respublika Uzbekistan. 700029, Fax: + 998 71 139 13 56 / 45 16, E-mail: office@nchr.uz


Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in Geneva, PO Box 1853, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland, Fax: +4122 799 43 02, E-mail: uzbekistan@bluewin.ch

Please also write to the diplomatic representations of Uzbekistan in your respective countries.

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Paris Geneva, July 25, 2006