2014-07-24 16:09:07 -0400
To: Uzbekistan - Dilorom Abdukadirova
Uzbekistan - Dilorom Abdukadirova
Release Dilorom and investigate all allegations of torture.
Why is this important?
Dilorom Abdukadirova peacefully attended a protest to voice her concerns about the economy in Uzbekistan. When the police opened fire on the protests she ran for safety to the border where she received a refugee visa for Australia. Almost 4 years later she returned to her family but on arrival she was detained and charged with attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and illegally exiting Uzbekistan.
At the trial her family members said she looked unusually thin, had bruises on her face and was without her head scarf. The family doesn’t believe she would have removed her head scarf by choice. In 2012, Dilorom’s sentence was extended by eight years after she had been accused of allegedly breaking prison rules with “bad behaviour”; no explanation of what this constituted was given. Dilorom remains in prison, where her family fears she is again being ill-treated.
Dilorom Abdukadirova is a prisoner of conscience, convicted for exercising her right to freedom of expression and peacefully attending a protest.
At the trial her family members said she looked unusually thin, had bruises on her face and was without her head scarf. The family doesn’t believe she would have removed her head scarf by choice. In 2012, Dilorom’s sentence was extended by eight years after she had been accused of allegedly breaking prison rules with “bad behaviour”; no explanation of what this constituted was given. Dilorom remains in prison, where her family fears she is again being ill-treated.
Dilorom Abdukadirova is a prisoner of conscience, convicted for exercising her right to freedom of expression and peacefully attending a protest.