Human rights defenders Tahira Abdullah, Samina Omar released after brief detention in Islamabad: HRCP

Human rights defenders Tahira Abdullah, Samina Omar released after brief detention in Islamabad: HRCP

HRCP activist says a total of seven men and four women were held by police, including JI activists.

Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Uzbekistan

Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, another prominent rights defender, was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in a civil defamation case for an innocuous Facebook post. Click to expand Image Sharifa Madrakhimova holding her destroyed passpor…