On 14 July 2015 a Belorussian lawyer was able to meet her client Shabnam Khudoydodova, as reported by her sister Mijgona Khudoydodova.
Shabnam Khudoydodova
Shabnam Khayrulloevna KHUDOYDODOVA was born on 20 December 1986 in the city of Kulyab of the Tajikistan
SSR. She has an underage daughter.
In social
networks, she actively supported the critical opinions of the political
opposition of Tajikistan, she emphasised the need for democratic reforms in her
home country. Whenever she could, Ms Hudoydodova participated in humanitarian
rallies in support of Tajik migrant workers.
The arrested activist of the Group 24, declared in the wanted list by Tajikistan
via Interpol, is in the Pre-trial Detention Centre (СИЗО) No.7 (of the MIA of Belarus). As it transpired,
Shabnam was arrested on 13 June, not 15 June as we reported previously. For the
initial three days, she was detained in the Temporary Detention Centre of the
Border Control Services. Later, she was transferred to the Investigations
Detention Centre in the city of Brest.
As we learned, Shabnam Khudoyberganova claimed asylum
in Belarus and her application is pending. Shabnam has no complaints regarding
the conditions of her detention and the way she is treated. She is extremely
concerned about the threat of forced return to Tajikistan.
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) welcomes
granting access for the lawyer to represent Shabnam Khudoydodova. This is a
very important step in ensuring the protection of her fundamental right to
defence.
Our previous publications on this topic:
— press release "In Dushanbe a sentence is passed against Maksud
Ibragimov, the leader of the Youth of Tajikistan for Revival movement» dated 15
July 2015;
— press release "Belarus: imprisoned Shabnam Khudoydodova of
Tajikistan has not been given an access to a lawyer" dated 4 July 2015;
— press release "A member of Group 24 of Tajikistan Shabnam
Khudoydodova arrested in Belarus" dated 18 June 2015;
— press release "Turkey: Leader of the Tajik opposition Umarali
Kuvatov murdered in Istanbul" dated 5 March 2015;
— press release "Arrests of the Tajik activists. In Moscow,
Maksud Ibragimov is missing" dated 26 January 2015;
— press release "Turkey: the leader of «Group 24» Umarali
Kuvatov faces a threat of extradition" dated 13 January 2015;
— press release "Turkey: the leader of «Goup 24» Umarali Kuvatov
is detained" dated 20 December 2014;
— press release " Russia: an attempt on the life of a member of the
Tajik opposition Maksud Ibragimov" dated 1 December 2014.
