Khabibulla Okpulativ, a member of the Uzbekistan Society of Human Rights was also freed on 4 July after over six (6) years of incarceration. He had been convicted of “aggravated extortion”.
The Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders has been mobilised for several years on the cases of imprisoned defenders in Uzbekistan.
For more see: http://www.fidh.org/UZBEKISTAN-Khabibulla-Okpulatov