Mutabar Tadjibayeva
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Mutabar Tadjibayeva (Uzbek: Mo'tabar Tojiboyeva) is a journalist and human rights activist from Uzbekistan. She started the “Fiery Hearts Club” NGO.[1] She also started the Uzbek news website Jarayon. In 2009 she received the International Women of Courage Award.[2]
Work
In August 2003, Tadjibayeva got people in a group to demonstrate against corruption. The police stopped the demonstration. Tadjibayaeva was hurt and went to the hospital.[1] In 2005, Tadjibayeva wrote about the Andijan Massacre. Many people died when police stopped the demonstration.[1] Tadjibayeva was in jail from October 2005 to June 2008.[1]
Awards
In 2005, the international organization "Peace Women Across the Globe", part of the Nobel Committee, added Tadjibayeva’s name to the list of "1000 women peace activists". This made her a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.[3]
Mutabar Tadjibayeva was on a top 10 list of women who worked for human rights.[4]
In 2008, Tadjibayeva received the Martin Ennals Award.[5] When she received the award, she was still in prison. [6]
For the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fiery Hearts Club received the "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" Prize from France. Mutabar Tadjibayeva accepted the prize in Paris.[7]
In March 2009, Tadjibayeva received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department.[8] Later she returned the award.[9][2]
In 2011, Mutabar Tadjibayeva was on a list of ten most influential women in Central Asia.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mutabar Tadjibayeva". 100 Information Heroes. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2009 International Women of Courage Award Winner Biographies".
- ↑ "Власти Узбекистана не одобрили выбор кандидаток на Нобелевскую премию мира". fergananews.com.
- ↑ "Bloggers Unite for Human Rights: 10 Female Human Rights Heroes". two chocolates.
- ↑ Administrator. "Mutabar Tadjibaeva - 2008". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Martin Ennals Award". martinennalsaward.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Узбекская правозащитница М.Таджибаева получила награду от правительства Франции". fergananews.com.
- ↑ "State Department's 2009 International Women of Courage Awards". usembassy.gov.
- ↑ "Узбекская правозащитница М.Таджибаева отказалась от награды Госдепа США". fergananews.com.
- ↑ "Central Asia's 10 Most Influential (And Connected) Women". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
Other websites
- Jarayon Website "Fiery Hearts Club"