Tamara Chikunova

Tamara Ivanovna Chikunova (born 1948 in Tashkent) is the founder of "Mothers Against Death Sentence and Torture." [1] Her son was executed in 2000[2] and she worked against the death penalty, which Uzbekistan abolished in 2008. She has won the Colombe d’Oro and the 2005 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 30 november 2013. "Fergana News". Enews.fergananews.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  3. ↑ Stadt Nürnberg/ Online-Büro. "Nuremberg International Human Rights Award Profile for Tamara Chikunova". Nuernberg.de. Retrieved 2013-11-30.


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