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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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Briefing now available on-line: Uzbekistan – Torture, the language of repression

13 January 2003

To read the whole briefing please visit:

https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=500

IHRC is deeply concerned at the severity of the political repression in Uzbekistan. Arbitrary arrests, evidence of systematic torture and the obliteration of any political opposition are key features of this repression.

Its latest briefing looks at:

Brief background to post-Soviet Uzbekistan
Repression of Political Opposition
Denial of Religious Freedoms
Arbitrary Detention
Allegations of Torture
US interests and policy vis-à-vis Uzbekistan and Central Asia

For more information please contact:

Islamic Human Rights Commission
PO Box 598
Wembley
HA9 7XH
United Kingdom

Telephone (+44) 20 8902 0888
Fax (+44) 20 8902 0889
Email info@ihrc.org
Web www.ihrc.org