<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">yuliya sorokina</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yula.sorokina65@mail.ru">yula.sorokina65@mail.ru</a>></span><br>
Date: 2009/12/21<br>Subject: Fw: the criminal case against Uzbek photographer Umida Ahmedova<br><br><br>
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> Dear colleagues,<br>
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> I am writing you on behalf of Central Asian art-community within the criminal case against one of the most well-known Uzbek photographers, Umida Ahmedova . You can download and see her photos here: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/321610498/________________________________________.rar.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/321610498/________________________________________.rar.html</a><br>
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> Central Asian art-community is organizing the strategy for supporting Umida Ahmedova as following:<br>
> 1. We wrote an Open Appeal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Uzbekistan, and International Organizations involved with Human Rights Protection. On the moment we collect a sign-list.<br>
> 2. We are going to publish signed Open Appeal on the Internet-resource: <a href="http://www.ferghana." target="_blank">http://www.ferghana.</a>.ru/<br>
> 3. We are going to send the copy of signed Open Appeal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Uzbekistan (as well as its departments abroad), Ministry of Interior, Republic of Uzbekistan, and International Organizations involved with Human Rights Protection.<br>
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> According to these steps I ask your personal support in signing an Open Appeal!<br>
> If you agree to sign it, please, send me your confirmation and following sign-information:<br>
> Name/ Position/ basic city and country of citizenship/ if you have any special/official dignities, it'll be quite helpful (sorry for this request)<br>
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> Umida Ahmedova is the wife of the former Director of the Tashkent Cinema Museum - Oleg Karpov, who was repressed earlier. She and her daughter 12 years old are pushing by Uzbek Law structures now.<br>
> We are also looking for the lawyer for Umida, as Uzbek lawyers are afraid to help her. If you have any advices within this issue, please, let us know.<br>
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> Hope to hearing from you soon<br>
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> Sincerely<br>
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> Yuliya Sorokina<br>
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