Umida Niyozova

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Umida Niyozova ( Cyrillic-Uzbek Умида Ниёзова ; Russian Умида Ниязова , Umida Nijasowa ; * 1975 in Uzbekistan ) is an Uzbek journalist and human rights activist .

Live and act

Umida Niyozova grew up in humble circumstances and in 1999 decided to become active as a human rights activist in addition to her job as a journalist. According to their own statements, the terrorist attacks that occurred in Tashkent at the time prompted them to do so , followed by a large wave of arrests and countless criminal trials. Niyozova has attended various trials in which defendants were sentenced to prison terms, some with no evidence, or to death until the death penalty was abolished in 2008. Through her work as a human rights activist, she herself was targeted by the Uzbek law enforcement authorities. When Niyozova was investigating the background to the Andizhan massacre , she was sentenced to seven years in prison on May 1, 2007 for "disseminating materials that pose a threat to social security or order". Thanks to the efforts of the EU and the human rights organization Human Rights Watch , the prison sentence was converted into a suspended sentence just one week later. The conditions for this were a "confession of repentance" and the imposition of a professional ban. Due to the professional ban, she applied for asylum in Germany and was recognized.

As a journalist, she documented human rights violations in Uzbekistan. For example, alleged extremists are tortured and forced to sign confessions. She also criticizes the fact that court proceedings take place behind closed doors. Due to the professional ban imposed in May 2007, she fled to Germany and founded the Uzbek-German forum for human rights in Berlin . Since her life in exile, she has spoken to various organizations and media about the situation in Uzbekistan. She also campaigns against state-organized child labor in the cotton fields in Uzbekistan.

Niyozova has a son.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Conversation with the Uzbek human rights activist Umida Nijasowa  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.meinpolitikblog.de  
  2. ↑ Ban on the profession of Uzbek journalist Niyazova

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personal data
SURNAME Niyozova, Umida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niyazova, Umida (Uzbek); Умида Ниясова
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uzbek journalist and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Uzbekistan