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15 september 2015

Umida Niyazova on Fear, Oppression and Resistance in Uzbekistan

Umida Niyazova, True Heroe from Uzbekistan. Founder of German-based NGO Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF).
Harassed, imprisoned, forced to exile for fighting human rights abuses in her country since 2000.
Umida was invited to Geneva by CCPR-Centre to attend the review of her country by the UN Human Rights Committee on 8 and 9 July 2015.

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