Mutabar Tadjibayeva

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]

Mutabar Tadjibayeva in 2009.

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

Other websites

  • Jarayon Website "Fiery Hearts Club"
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