Attachments: Uzbekistan, women HR defenders being detained in psychiatric hospitals.doc
WUNRN
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights -
IHF
"Uzbekistan: Women human rights defenders being
forcibly detained in psychiatric hospitals"
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF)
wishes to call attention to the severe persecution of women human rights
activists and their families in Uzbekistan, which includes inter alia
forced psychiatric detention, beatings, and politically-motivated trials.
Please find attached the IHF press release,
"Uzbekistan: Women human rights defenders being forcibly detained in
psychiatric hospitals".
For further information or for an interview with
IHF Executive Director, Aaron Rhodes on the issue, please contact
me.
Press and Public Information, Henriette
Schroeder
International Helsinki Federation for Human
Rights
Wickenburggasse 14/7, A-1080 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43-1-408 88 22;
Mobile: ++ 43 - 676 - 725 48 29
Fax: +43-1-408 88 22-50
Internet: www.ihf-hr.orgIHF,
================================================================
To
leave the list, send your request by email to:
wunrn_listserve-request@lists.wunrn.com. Thank you.