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H U M A NR I G H T SW A T C H
Uzbekistan
Nowhere to Turn
Torture and Ill-treatment in Uzbekistan
November 2007 Volume 19, No. 6(D)
Nowhere to Turn
Torture and Ill-treatment in Uzbekistan
Summary .................................................................................................................1
Methodology ...........................................................................................................4
Background..............................................................................................................7
UN Engagement and Some Steps Forward..........................................................8
The Scope of Torture.........................................................................................11
Pre-trial Detention .................................................................................................15
Isolation and Violation of Detention Procedures................................................15
Restrictions on the Right to a Lawyer of One’s Choice........................................22
Failure of Pre-trial Safeguards and Complaints Mechanisms..............................25
Harassment of Lawyers.....................................................................................29
Torture in Pre-trial Detention Facilities...............................................................30
Prolonged beatings.....................................................................................30
Electric shock..............................................................................................35
Asphyxiation...............................................................................................36
Torture by inmates.......................................................................................38
Psychological pressure, threats and inhuman treatment..............................39
Physical conditions in custody.....................................................................41
Trial .......................................................................................................................43
Judges’ Indifference to Torture Allegations and Coerced Testimony....................44
Police Intimidation During Trial.........................................................................49
Restrictions for Trial Monitors............................................................................50
Monitoring Post-conviction Detention....................................................................55
Breaking Newcomers in Post-conviction Prisons................................................57
Accountability for Torturers................................................................................... 60
Recommendations ................................................................................................ 66
To the Government of Uzbekistan.....................................................................66
To the United Nations......................................................................................69
To Other Stakeholders and Governments..........................................................70
Acknowledgements................................................................................................72
Appendix I. A Note on the Case of Andrei Shelkovenko...........................................73
Appendix II. Letter to the Office of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan.........................75
Appendix III. Reply from the Office of the Ombudsman...........................................78
Appendix IV. Letter to Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan....................................... 83
Appendix V. Reply from Prosecutor General’s Office...............................................85
Sections
« prev | next »- Summary
- Methodology
- Background
- UN Engagement and Some Steps Forward
- The Scope of Torture
- Pre-trial Detention
- Isolation and Violation of Detention Procedures
- Restrictions on the Right to a Lawyer of One’s Choice
- Failure of Pre-trial Safeguards and Complaints Mechanisms
- Harassment of Lawyers
- Torture in Pre-trial Detention Facilities
- Prolonged beatings
- Electric shock
- Asphyxiation
- Torture by inmates
- Psychological pressure, threats and inhuman treatment
- Physical conditions in custody
- Trial
- Judges’ Indifference to Torture Allegations and Coerced Testimony
- Police Intimidation During Trial
- Restrictions for Trial Monitors
- Monitoring Post-conviction Detention
- Breaking Newcomers in Post-conviction Prisons
- Accountability for Torturers
- on accountability for torture
- Recommendations
- To the Government of Uzbekistan
- To the United Nations
- To Other Stakeholders and Governments
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix I. A Note on the Case of Andrei Shelkovenko
- Appendix II. Letter to the Office of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan
- Appendix III. Reply from the Office of the Ombudsman
- Appendix IV. Letter to Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan
- Appendix V. Reply from Prosecutor General’s Office
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