About Matlyuba Kamilova
Born 1960. Matlyuba Kamilova is an Uzbek human rights defender.
Matlyuba Kamilova, also Matluba, (born 1960) is an Uzbek human rights activist and school principal. In 2016, Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., named her one of twenty women political prisoners in the FreeThe20 campaign.
Kamilova spoke out about police corruption. In September 2010, she was arrested and charged with possession of drugs. She is still in prison.
Life and work
Born in 1960, Kamillova is a lawyer. She was the director of a technical college in Angren, Tashkent. Thanks to her involvement, two corruption cases were started against local government officials.
A court sentenced Kamilova to eleven years in prison. Because it is a drug charge, she cannot appeal. No one knows where she is.
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Who is Matlyuba Kamilova?
Uzbek human rights activist and educator
When was Matlyuba Kamilova born?
Matlyuba Kamilova was born in 1960.
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Matlyuba Kamilova is a human rights defender.
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Matlyuba Kamilova is Uzbek.
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· Wikipedia: Matlyuba Kamilova
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