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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "human rights advocate Matluba Kamilova was arrested…". Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan. 20 September 2010.
- ↑ http://www.freedom-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Abdurakhmanov-HRC-Petition-redacted.pdf [ dead link ]