On 7 September 2018 in Paris, the second
court hearing took place upon a lawsuit regarding honour, dignity and
professional reputation of Nadejda Atayeva, President of the Association for
Human Rights in Central Asia (France), against Mutabar Tadjibaeva, leader of
the human rights organization Burning Hearts Club (France).
At the hearing, court considered the
motion filed by Mutabar Tadjibaeva’s lawyer to decline the lawsuit upon
procedural grounds. The object of discussion became the procedural mechanisms
and their practical application in similar cases. The essence of Mutabat Tadjibayeva argument (complaint) is that the exact sentences for deletion are not given in the complaint. Nadejda Atayeva’s lawyer was guided by procedural norms, which envisage total
removal of publications containing false and insulting statements. With regard
to the ungrounded statements made by Mutabar against lawyer Valery Kojevnikov,
she repudiates them blaming the mistake made by the police. The decision made
by lawyer Valery Kojevnikov not to continue the argument is explained by his
wish to avoid possible conflict of interest and devote his time to the defense
of Nadejda Atayeva.
Court heard the parties and will
announce its decision on 9 November 2018.
Nadejda Atayeva’s lawsuit has not been
considered by merit yet, therefore, the court proceedings are continuing.
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Letter of the Prosecutor
of Berlin notifying
about the registration of Nadejda Atayeva’s complaint.
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Concurrently, court proceedings are
under way in Germany against the organization “Uzbekistan Press Freedom Group
e.V.”, “centre1.com” and its editor Galima Bukharbaeva
and the president of the organization “Uzbekistan Press Freedom Group e.V.”
Tatyana Gurevich and one more official – Annette Wiedene in
conjunction with false and insulting statements about Nadejda Atayeva in the
publications posted on the site “centre1.com”. Prosecutor of Berlin registered Nadejda Atayeva’s complaint. Parties are waiting for the investigation results.
Over the past year, authors of the sites
“mutabar.org” and “centre1.com» posted more than 100 publications containing
false and insulting statements against Nadejda Atayeva and Association for
Human Rights in Central Asia and its partners. The frequency of publications
and the dissemination of knowingly false information damaging the honour and
dignity of another person has assumed a systemic nature and reflected on the
security of several civil society activists. Nadejda Atayeva applied to
judicial and law enforcement organizations in order to take persons in question
and their partners to court.
Association for Human Rights in
Central Asia abstains from comments on the content of articles published on the
sites “mutabar.org” and “centre1.com” on principle. We await
legal assessment of the actions of the authors. This legal procedure obliges
the authors to substantiate their allegations, otherwise they will be held
liable.
We are grateful to all who support
us and maintain their trust.
