( note; Here is Khasan Choriev’s open speech proclamation in synchronize translation)
I’m of 70 years old man pensioner, live in Nosir Berdi street, 10 Shakhrisabz district Qashqadaryo viloyat.I’m going to address to Islam Karimov- the president of Uzbekistan with open speech letter. I was founded farm in 26 gektar field to grow grain in 2004 during farm reorganization in Kamashi district. Two years I grew grain but the crop was little because of salty fields. After district Khokim Rashid Mukhammadiev’s and Khokimiyat’s desicion my farm reorganized as cattle raising in 2008. Encouraging from this decision I grew 29 cows from only one which I had, and from 20 sheep I grew 235 and developed my cattle farm.
I had been working successfully until 29, November, 2011. I sold 250 kg meat to people in Mustaqillik square in Tashkent city on the 11th of September, 500kg meat was sold in Kamashi market by the cost of 11000 sums and put all money into the Khalq Bank in cash. It didn’t like envious people and tried to make evil to me. By the lead of District Khokim Rashid Mukhammmadiev and Abdullaev- Kamashi district procurer and O. Tojiev-the chairman of district internal affairs organized the lie blame in rage against me as like not paying for electricity for 3 years about 23mln. sums and for using water washed fields. Water for washing fields is without any charge. I know about it very well.On the 29, december O. Tojiev, the internal affairs chairman of the district came to my farm without any court verdict and decided to confiscate my cows. Before Viloyat procurator criminal inspector came and made some presser to me about my cattle farm and he counted the cows and sheep and signed the document of the total farm and ordered to guard them. There were 29 cows and 235 sheep in the confirm document.Then Khokimiyat officials came and confiscated my cattle illegally. At that moment I wasn’t in my farm, when I went to talk to advacate, suddenly inspectors of the district internal affairs came to my farm and took my cows and sheep in range and violence. My wife and farm worker who were there couldn’t do anything. I have prove photos taken that awful situation.
Journalist: Did the chairman of the internal affairs come himself?
Khasan Ota: Not himself but his vice- chairman came with 30 policemen by his order. Here are some photos, look, please. I was taken them to the video too but they broke my camera. All my cattle was confiscated.
Journalist: How many cattle in total did they confiscate?
Khasan ota: They took 29 cows and 135 sheep in total. It was remained 100 sheep. I sent telegram to the president immediately, appealed with the letter to all instance of authorities and procurator but all my appeals were sent to the procurator of Uzbekistan, they sent to Viloyat procurator and viloyat sent to district procurator and district never answer and ignore all my complains.
Journalist: Can I ask you one question?Did Allanazarov- vice-chairman of the district internal affairs show you the court verdict by your electricity debts when he came with policemen to confiscate your cattle On the 29th of December in 2011?
Khasan ota; The judge process hadn’t been held yet, because the criminal investigation was going.
Journalist: Were there court verdict and executors?
Khasan Ota: They didn’t show me anything. There were neither verdict nor any judge process. And none any criminal investigation. They did violence pressure on me. 2 days before viloyat procurer official made list of my cattle and pursued not to lose or sell anything in the farm and made me to sign the document. All it is…
Journalist: Please, tell me, Did they make a list when they took your cattle?
Khasan ota: I don’t know what they did. I wasn’t in my farm at that moment, I told you that I went to talk to advacate. As I was informed that they themselves made a list of the total of cattle which they took but they neither gave me any copy nor showed me the list.
Journalist: Understand, Is it true that you did complain about illegal position of the district authorities illegal ending your farmto all government establishments and procurator ?
Khasan ota: Yes, I appealed with letters all high establishments some times but no any reaction. The Republic procurator sent to viloyat and viloyat to district but district procurator do nothing. Neither investigation nor any reaction. Here is pack of letters in my hand
Journalist: Did they either attack your field then?
Khasan ota: yes, after taking my cattle R. Mukhammadiev complained to cancel his decision about my farm to the judge of economy of Qashqadaryo viloyat. After the economy judge canceled my farm on the 3d of January in 2012. they confiscated my farm and fields illegally with the false court verdict. I had 26 gektars of land and about 2 gektars was garden. I worked really and fed my cows and sheep in that field.
Journalist: Understand, Was there any verdict about the confiscation of your cattle by the policemen on the 29th of December in 2011 because of the electricity debt?
Khasan ota: Later, on the 5th of March in 2012
Journalist: Well, after three months
Khasan ota: I was ill in bed. The court moved to my home and held the process. In verdict you can read following phrases ;” The court process was held in Nosir Berdiev street 10, Shakhrisabz district” And court accused me, the ill man who was in bed. And the first medicine aid was called too. The doctor argued to inject because of paralyzing my left side of body. I could neither speak nor stand. I asked them not to hurry but they continue process. Internal affairs officials agreed that they confiscated: “ Only 16 black cows ” They rejected that they took others too. Does pledge oneself the real total of cattle which was confiscated by the policemen. Because , the chairman of the policemen , district procurator, and Khokim were the initiators of this plundering. They plundered my wealth. It was thieving by them as it was illegal confiscation.
Journalist: Do you have any proof material of it?
Khasan ota: Here are some photos. I took them then. Here in photos you can see men worn in police clothes taking my cows and sheep.
Journalist: Did district procurator make a real total of list of your cattle before plundering them?
Khasan ota: Yes, Viloyat procurator made a real list and here it is. They made a total list: “ There are really 29 black cows and 235 sheep in Khasan Choriev’s cattle farm” Before district and viloyat officials had come and made a total list too, but later they came and confiscated them illegally.
Journalist: Khasan ota, according to the judge verdict which was held court process at your home on the 5th of march in 2012 the cattle was exchanged to your electricity debt. !6 black cows were sold to 22 mln, sums.
Khasan ota: Regretfully I don’t know who sold them and what was the real cost? The one cow’s cost was about 5 or 6 mln, They were noble genus. !0 cows of them were able to give birth. All my cows were noble genus Sweden parody. The mainly I had one spotted bullock. It was the most noble genus. They plundered all my bullocks too. They didn’t leave me any black cow here. Now I have only cow with two calves in Shakhrisabz. We are feeding them and milk the cow.
Journalist; So, you don’t agree the price which were sold your 16 cows to 22mln sum, do you?
Khasan ota: No , I don,t. Because only 3 or 4 of them cost about 23mln. Sums. It is good that policemen pledged about taking 16 cows. But they might not to pledge about it. They might refuse about confiscating of my cows. But after the violence confiscation my cattle I was searching my cattle during month and found them in one garage in Shakhrisabz where they were hid. And i took them and the place where they stayed. Here are some photos. Nobody announced me about the confiscated cattle and more of them about their keeping place. I found them after long searching myself. As if I couldn’t take them back , I Knew their keeping place somewhere in garage and took some photos to prove.If I hadn’t found my cows in garage and taken photos they wouldn’t have pledged about all confiscated cattle with the rejections like: “ We don’t know any cows, we didn’t confiscate or see anything!” And they would begin 23 mln. electricity debt exchange process again…..
Journalist: Actually, how many black cows and sheep were confiscated?
Khasan ota: Actually, 29 black cows and 135 sheep were confiscated . There were left about 100 sheep in the farm.
Journalist: So, You have said either in our talk and in your open proclamation, Kamashi district Khokim and Olim Tojiev- district internal affairs chairman and Kamashi district procurator acted like a modern thieves.
Khasan ota: yes, it is true!
Journalist: And you appealed about it to the high authorities of the government and republic Power.
Khasan ota: Yes, I did.
Journalist: what present did you take for it? Please, talk about it.
Khasan ota: After my complain to high government authorities, local officials came one agreement with local court.Yakkabog district court accused me in figment to local policemen with following phrases: “ this is figment by you that policemen took more cows than 16”, and punished me to pay fine of 1280 sum as a slander.
Journalist: So, you were accused by the administrative court?
Khasan ota: Yes, I was tried by the administrative court to pay fine. But they didn’t calm after it. I agreed to pay the fare to stop arguing with them. I gave up fighting and sold my two sheep and paid the fare about 400 thousand sums and asked to keep others from my social benefit. And asked them not to touch me any more, I have a weak health. But they didn’t leave me alone. I worked long time in Kamashi district water economy organization. The organization put the old establishments and buildings to the auction in 2006. I bought one of them to 11000 sums. It was very old and worthless building. I have all documents about it, made some remounts and have been living there.
But these officials had seen this building too. Akhmedov-Kamashi district procurer feared water economy organization board and made pressure and made demanding to take back this building to move me from Kamashi. Now this organization have appealed to the court to take back this building with the argument as if “ It is necessary building for organization” It was really worthless before.
Journalist: Here it is your document by this building, does it?
Khasan ota: All documents are here, I have all necessary confirm documents about this building.
Journalist: So, .you have bought it in auction legally
Khasan ota; Yes, I bought it legally.
Journalist: And now they want to move you out from this building?
Khasan ota: Now they moved me out and demolished my home and my cattle shed. They also demolished one poor old woman’s home where she lived with her three children, one of them is invalid who is benefited by the government. I sorrowfully helped them and built them separately three rooms near with me. The poor old widow crying asked them not to demolish her home but they didn’t sorrow and listen to her.
Journalist: Did they demolish your home too?
Khasan ota: yes, they demolished my home too, but they didn’t sorrow this poor woman.I built for her and for her three children that three rooms to live there and help me in the farm by the abilities. She was benefited by the government and I also helped her and promised to protect her and her children. They demolished my home and cattle shed too.
Journalist: Did they plunder and demolish your farm whole?
Khasan ota: Yes, They plundered my farm and took my fields too. 26 gektars land which was withdrew from my farm nobody had taken.It was announced about it but nobody wanted. Because the land is not for harvest, it is only for cattle. And cattle plants.This coward Khokim gave it one farmer at last but the land wasn’t planted anything and it wasn’t ploughed one time in 2011 and 2012. The land is solidify now.
Journalist: So, your land hasn’t been cared?
Khasan ota: ” Yes , it hasn’t been cared. That farmer has a tractor but he didn’t plant anything. He bought that tractor by lizing. He is a debtor of government He can’t to plough the land, He hasn’t cattle to plant cattle plants.Who is enemy to Islam Karimov in our country?
Journalist: So, After your complain to high authorities about local internal affairs for plundering your cattle farm they organized administrative blame to you and made you to pay a fare. And now you are paying for it. What is next problem? What is the purpose of the second criminal case to you by figment?
Khasan ota: Well, after demolished my home I appealed with letter to Kamashi district service of national defense. I wrote: “ Dear authorities, I’m right or not, come and investigate.” But they came to procurator and told them everything.
Journalist: What did you write?
Khasan ota: It hasn’t been planting anything in the .32 gektars land in the districts 441 area for 8 years. This land is counted as bad but there is water there,( other places like this is planted.) The farmer plants only one part where people can look through but our Khokim goes there very often but why he doesn’t pay attention to this empty land? . 40 or 50 part of gectar is planted crops, then farmer tells a lie to people and state like “it was dry or hard rain” .
Journalist: Are there only fields or another cattle farm there?
Khasan ota: the fields are empty but there is cattle there now. I know exactly that 100 black cows and 200 sheep is not in balance. I told that this land and cattle are belonging to Khokim. But Khokim refused everything and blamed me in figment.And it was made criminal case on the article 139, item3, part G’ to me.
Journalist:’So you are blamed in figment to Kamashi district Khokim? What was your request? Did you put forward the blame that the cattle which is in the 32 gektars land belonging to Khokim?
Khasan ota: Why not? Let’s see, it is important talk, there are not these cows and sheep in Kamashi state cattle balance. Whose are they? Can One black worker keep so many cattle? Who can feed them and how? But this worker is a witness in the court process that all cattle are his, they make them to be false witness and every time they gain other witness people in process. These authorities aim is to put me into prison. This judge case was given to Yakkabog district court, I was there and had a talk to district Judge I said:” Dear Judge, you tried me once and I had paid a fare . And now my home in Kamashi was demolished and I was out of registration there. Criminal inspector told me that the case is in Shakhrisabz ,but Why my judge case is in your hands again? Why my judge case has been sent to Kamashi district court from Shakhrisabz? I’m not citizen of this district, I’m not in registration here. Why are you making court process here?” Judge answered :” This is my response. I do the order” “ I can’t take part in judge process here. I refuse you as court” I said. ” The verdict for three years of putting into prison is expecting you. You like it or dislike I will put you into prison for three years. I have an order from the high authorities” said the judge. I was angry. After demolishing my home in Kamashi I lost my registration there. My house in Shakhrisabz is registrated to my wife. My wife’s passport was taken by the passport department of internal affairs.and they have been keeping it for three months. I have to be registrated in our house but I have to be in notary officer with my wife and her passport. But I can’t do it because of wife’s passport problem. I can’t be owner of my house and my wife. They search every my mistake to poison my life.
Journalist: So, They involved you to response on criminal case by the article 139, item- 3. Have you found any brave to use advacate service to defense your rights?
Khasan ota: Yes, of course, but all of them refused to help me with the argument : “A very big power is against to you, we can’t defense your rights, you yourself can do it , you are good advacate to yourself” It’s really true. They can’t help me. They haven’t any brave to defense me.
Journalist:Khasan ota, tell me please, Why local government does pursue exactly you- 70 years old man? What is the importance of it?
Khasan ota: The importance thing is that my son Choriev Bakhodir , you know, is in America, he is the leader of “ Birdamlik” Movement. Some people from National safe service advised me to persuade my son to leave the movement. I promised to talk to him and asked my son to stop, I told him: “ There are some men who care of people and suffer for them, live calm, please” But my son answered me: “ ota, I can’t do it, I’m not guilty, I don’t do any harm to my people, my country and my motherland. I move only by constitution. My aim is let people live in prosperity. Who asked you to persuade me to stop, let read the Movement regulation. I, in contrary, want to help for the future of Uzbekistan. I fight against corruption and violence. I have no any aim”
Journalist: So, your son don’t like to stop his struggle, does he?
Khasan ota: No, he doesn’t . He said: “ Ota, find my guilt, What is my guilt? First of all, find my guilt, then you will refuse me as son or blame to me or justify, it is your up, and your father duties. But my decision is strong, nothing can stop me ,neither your advice nor your suffering by NSS officers.” I told to NSS officers my son Bakhodir’s words.
Journalist: So, do you think that it is belonging to the root of your sons’ have been living in policy emigration in the USA and elder son’s movement in opposition?
Khasan ota: Yes I do, One of my daughter-in-laws came from America to see her mother , but policeman took her passport and hasn’t given it her back. They don’t allow her to return to America. They do everything to obstacle her returning back. She has been here for 3 months. Her keeping here is moral pressure to me by Kamashi Khokim and local power.
Journalist: So, you are in response for your sons’ movement, aren’t you?
Khasan ota; yes, I’m. I’m 70 years old and suffering for their chosen life. Is there any law like this? That’s why I want to address to the president, Let in all of the world listen to me.
Journalist: Ota, tell me please, is your problems belonging only to your sons’ life? As to me, you are the member of the human rights organization “Ezgulik” and also the leader of the “Birdamlik” district department, aren’t you?
Khasan ota: Yes, I am. I,m a leader of “Birdamlik” in our district, and member of “Ezgulik”. All about unjust actions which happen here I always speak in Liberty radio and connect to “Ezgulik” society. My aim is to fight against the breaking law in Uzbekistan. The main problem is the short of water in Qashqadaryo viloyat and only me can raise this problem to discussion. Now, look, what is their aim? You can ask me why the government demolished my house . I wrote a page of letter to Juraev- khokim of the viloyat in 2011. I spoke there about the wasting fresh water and the place, but this fresh water didn’t flow neither to Karshi nor Shurtan district. People were destroying. I asked him to own the fresh water.People washed their plants with fresh water, but by the law they mustn’t build houses near10 metres around. People can plant but mustn’t built houses and live there. Some people built their toilets near the tubes. It becomes dirty fresh water and break the ecology, it can cause to people’s illness and their health destroying. Who can answer this question? Who is response for people’s health? Nobody can answer this question. After raising the fresh water discussion Khokim of the viloyat gave my letter to the water organization. All revenges to me by them are for my activity in region too. That’s why the local power joined together against me and organized false court process based on false documents and demolished my house where I had been living for many years. They didn’t like my points to law breaking and criticism. They say,telling true is not relationship to even your closers. That’s why Khokim promised me to put me into prison, me 70 years old man. They involved me response to criminal case on article 139,item -3. I don’t understand, besides of criminal inspector’s words that my case is in Shakhrisabz court why Yakkabog and kamashi court is holding the process? I wasn’t agree exactly this judge’s attitude to me, but can he hold the process again and again without my agreement? I don’t depend on Kamashi at present time. I came to the judge and told him:” dear judge, if my case is in Yakkabog and kamashi court I won’t take part in court process. I will appeal refusing the court” Court said: ‘ You will do it during the process” Only once they called me to process but I didn’t come. It’s true. Now I’m not in registration anywhere because of loosing my home. I’m in the yard now. I’m imploring to register me somewhere. I asked my daughter too, but I don’t know if she register me at her home or not. Why can’t I to register my passport to my house where lives my wife? I also asked American Embassy to help me solving this problem, it’s true. I came to the Embassy and openly told them that I’m suffering and under the pursue of the government because of my sons’ policy movement activity in America.
Journalist: Look, otakhon, what is your aim to open address to the president? Do you hope of justice?
Khasan ota: Yes, I do. The land what I told about is there without any care and planting. Khokim refused that his is the owner of the fields but he see them every day. Why doesn’t he plant any crops there and continue keeping empty fields.?!
Journalist: So, you can prove that it wasn’t any figment to Khokim, can’t you?
Khasan ota: Yes, I can. When they called me to the questioning last time asked them to leave me alone and not touch me any more. I also wrote appreciate letter to khokim, because of loosing my farm, I was in depression. But local government recognized my depression as like :” He is guilty and agree with it”. Now they think, this is the main base to press Khasan Choriev. I asked them again and again to stop the war:” I lost everything and I have to pray nomoz five times in a day”
Journalist: What are you going ask Islom Karimov, the president of Uzbekistan for?
Khasan Ota: I will ask the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan justice, only justice.Let he involve to the response with criminal case to the Khokim who has broken the law. Let he punish the Kamashi district procurer Akhmedov for his incompetence in professionalism. And I also ask the president to punish officials of the kamashi district internal affairs for thieving and plundering my cattle farm.
Journalist: Khasan ota, yours elder son is directly in opposition to Islam Karimov’s government. He demands Karimov’s resignation.He wants to see real president in Uzbekistan. Is it true? In this situation, do you belive Karimov’s justice according to you?
Khasan ota: Karimov is a president. I think he will think about it too. My son is independent man , he is in response his activities himself. I can’t be response for him . I only show the hard-to- get things in Qashqadaryo viloyat in mass media, and inform “Ezgulik ” society about it. My aim to address with open letter to the president is let him know who is who, who is real friend and who is enemy to him. His friends are simple people and farms who plant grain and cotton in any weather of the year. But his authorities are his enemies who are suffering people in violence. They do harm to the president, they are his enemies. If viloyat and district khokims were true they would give some facilities to farmers to pick cotton stems.. Farmers plant cotton and grow it , and hard work during the year. Khokims promised to permit them to pick cotton stalks but after finishing cotton company they immediately plant grain not allow farmers to pick any cotton stalks. How farmers can to pick cotton stalks where grain has been planted already? How? If they go to pick cotton stalks they can destroy all grain fields. What will they do then? What will people burn in winter? If they lived in towns they would be given central heating. We have no any gas to burn and warm houses. Coal is very expensive. What do people do in winter? How is their living facilities? Will they wait for cow’s gabbage once in a day? Some people have cows but some of them don’t have any cow.
Journalist: So, you think that Uzbek people are suffering now?
Khasan ota: Yes, our people are suffering. Their life is very hard. How they are suffering!! Exactly village people are suffering more of all. There is no any gas and coal. They have electricity only two hours in a day. What will they live without any gas? Khokims organize all harm specially to make misunderstand between president and people. Village people are suffering shortage of gas and electricity. Incompetent Khokims haven’t any working abilities, because of their blames people are against the president. Let president note these problems and pay them more attention. Stop suffering people. It will be election in 2015. If the situation continue like today people won’t elect Karimov to the post of president again. They will fight for death!