Interviews took place in November 2020 and were conducted remotely in Russian.
Chiroq (“Light”)
Azimbay Ataniyazov, head of Chiroq, tried twice unsuccessfully to register the group with the Justice Ministry of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in the north of Uzbekistan, once in January and again in March 2020. The group focuses on forced labor and human rights violations in the region. Ataniyazov is planning to apply a third time.
His first application was rejected “because of grammatical mistakes in the submitted documents.” The second time, the Justice Ministry replied that he had to correct the mistakes and submit all the required documents and signatures of the founding members again, as the Ministry had not returned the initial submission. In rejecting the second application, the Ministry said that Ataniyazov should provide 12 founding members’ signatures, although the law requires 10, which Ataniyazov had provided.
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Young Thais defiant over lese majeste clampdown
As use of the draconian royal defamation law increases, young protesters pledge to keep fighting for democracy James Lovelock, Bangkok Updated: January 07, 2021 10:50 AM GMT
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A Thai pro-democracy protester stands on the street in central Bangkok on Dec. 31 as mass political gatherings were banned after an increase in Covid-19 cases. (Photo: AFP)
Thai authorities have ignored pleas by rights groups to stop their heavy-handed legal campaign against young pro-democracy activists through use of the draconian lese majeste law.
Instead, they have just charged another three young Thais with royal defamation, a crime punishable with up to 15 years in prison per charge under Article 112 of the Criminal Code.
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