News Agency HARAKAT - 31 March 2010

• 19:56People from Surhandarya one more time blocked Tajik railroad car

  Surhandarians from Shurchi district went out for protest demonstration with assistance of Uzbekistan Ecologic Movement. The demonstrators blocked off "Dushanbe-Konibodom" railroad car's path and announced by loud speakers that because of the Tajik aluminum factory waste Surhandarians were under the ecological danger. Before the astonished passengers realized the situation the car was already moved forward, says one of the local observers. Yet one more meeting will take place on Saturday in D...

• 22:45Human Rights Watch (HRW) about the report of Uzbekistan's human rights situation and the pathetic actions of one of the Uzbek human rights activists

  Yesterday, well known Human Rights Watch organization distributed a special report evaluating Uzbekistan's report to the United Nation's Human Rights Committee. The name of the report says for itself- "The United Nation's body considers the situation in Uzbekistan as critical ". Based on this, HRW asks all cooperating countries and structures like European Union to make an affect to Uzbekistan government. HRW reminds about the facts, mentioned in the UN’s Committee, showing crucial situation...

• 17:19Tajikistan does not count Uzbekistan's opinion in construction of Rogun HPS (Hydro Power Station), does Uzbekistan step back?

  The secretary of the Security Chamber of Tajikistan Amirkul Azimov recently carried out open conference named "Collective Security System in Central Asia: Goals till 2015" and talked about importance the constraction of the Rogun HPS for their country, that they have to finish the construction, and also mentioned that it would not bring harm to anyone. Uzbekistan's council in Tajikistan Shokosim Shoislamov who participated in conference said that Uzbekistan's position is not against the const...

• 03:11One more show-picket or Street Dusting event in Termez city

  By the order of the government, the submissive students went out for the rally to demand a stop the activity at the Aluminum Factory in Tursunzoda city in Tajikistan on 25 of March as we informed earlier. The students must not be offended as we call them submissive. Because without the authorities’ order they wouldn’t do anything, even if the nation was in danger. By the order of the state they would even go against their own relatives. It is known, in 1989 when “Birlik” organized several mee...

• 01:48Our fellow countryman, who was arrested in Russia, requested a help

  Dilfuza Normativa, resident of village Amirabad, Angara district of Ferghana Valley, addressed to Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan Ezgulik (Sincerety) with the statement regarding her husband`s detainment by Russian local law enforcement from the train while he was returning on March 4th this year. According to the Human Rights society Ezgulik, Abdudzhabbar Nurmatov, born in 1967, up to this day is in custody in one of the detention facility of the Orenburg city. The criminal proceedings ...

• 02:34The first rally in Uzbekistan within 20 years: demand is - to stop the activity of the Aluminum factory in Tajikistan.

  Today, 1200 people held a protest demonstration at the new building of the Termez state University. From the information distributed by the Information Service of Uzbekistan Ecologic Movement, the participants demanded a stop to the activity at the Tajik Aluminum Factory, located in Tursunzoda city. As participants declared, the environmental harm brought by the factory seriously affects the Uzbek people who are living close to the neighboring country. Popular Movement “Birlik” held its las...

• 00:40Fighting against corruption, Samarkand tax inspector Akbar Islamov was sentenced for 2 years

  As we reported previously, Senior State Inspector of Taxes Akbar Islamov was taken into custody in the area of Pastdargom of the Samarkand region for the detection of criminal loops in the regional scale, supposedly through false accusations. The intrepid inspector was accused of slander, bribery and forgery. In court, prosecutor demanded 13 years of imprisonment. Samarkand regional court on criminal cases in the case of Akbar Islamov passed the sentence: for the episode of forgery and d...

• 16:36Tajik oficials protest Uzbek policy

  Yesterday Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed their displeasure at the fact that the Uzbek side is illegally keeping the transit goods belonging to the Tajik side. The note of protest handed to the Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Tajikistan, Shoislom Shokosimov, says that more than 1000 units of cars loaded with equipment, fuel and lubricants are kept in different railway stations in Uzbekistan. Tajikistan demanded the release of their goods being held since the beginning of February this...

• 23:42Ruthless murder in Kashkadarya: law enforcement agencies at a height

  A few days ago in the area of Kashkadarya district of Kasbi was the brutal murder of a security officer of transport company "Kasbi 88". In the evening of 8 March at about 23:00, was stabbed one of the guards of this company Ruzukul Rakhimov. It is alleged that the killing was a criminal deed of the group led by Eshdavlat Tursunov who is the first Deputy Chief of DIA (Department of the Internal Affairs). This group previously characterized as criminal, which was involved to trans-shipment of...

• 00:16Uzbek refugees are everywhere, also in Turkey

  Because of the current regime in Uzbekistan, the number of leaving the country is increasing. Today, you can see our fellow citizens not only in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine or Russia, but also in Turkey. In Turkey, as we mentioned above, you'll see not only the Uzbek restaurants began to appear and refugees also. According to information received from our local correspondent, 26 year old guy N.A. contacted the Department of the Chief Commissariat of the United Nations in Ankara, in ord...