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| Rajabboy Bobojon |
On 5 November 2014 Rajabboy Bobojon passed away. He
was born in 1937 and lived in city of Urgench of the Khorazm region of
Uzbekistan all his life.
R. Bobojon worked for 40 years as a correspondent of Radio
of Uzbekistan for the Khorazm region. He won the confidence of a large audience
with his witty and relevant reports. In all his reports he always showed difficult
life situations of ordinary citizens which resulted in him being perceived by
the authorities as a dissident. People quote him when criticising the officials
for their inaction.
Rajabboy Bobozhon was and will remain a role model
for his children and grandchildren. His three sons Shukhrat, Kudrat and Hurmat
Babajanovs became journalists and are being prosecuted by the Islam Karimov
regime for their works. R. Bobojon always supported his sons’ professional
position. The State TV channels of Uzbekistan many times showed libellous films
about them. He was very proud for bringing them up to be independent and
courageous in such closed and repressive society. Shukhrat, Kudrat and Khurmat
Babajonovs had to leave Uzbekistan because of a threat of imprisonment. Their
father was very sensitive to this forced separation.
Rajabboy Bobojon’s family always highly valued
freedom of expression and opinions. The father even had to go through a forced
separation from his sons and grandchildren for the love of these ideals.
Shukhrat, Kudrat and Khurmat Babajonovs continued working as journalist abroad.
Their loss is made even greater because the Karimov regime did not give them
any chance to say goodbyes or give the last rites to their father.
The team and members of the Association for Human
Rights in Central Asia express their condolences to the family of Rajabboy
Bobojonon.
