Uzbekistan: Rights Activist Mutabar Tojibaeva Released
03 Jun 2008 01:42:32 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York, June 2, 2008) – Uzbek human rights defender and government critic Mutabar Tojibaeva was released from the Tashkent Women's Prison, where she was serving an eight-year prison sentence for her human rights activities, said Human Rights Watch said today.
Tojibaeva was paroled on June 2, 2008, after serving two years and eight months of her eight-year prison sentence. Although released, Tojibaeva was not amnestied and will continue to serve a three-year suspended sentence. 
