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The pictures in this article are VERY graphic !!!
Our Presidents New Best Friend Boils People Alive
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3943.htm
See Also: Just Who Is Our New Best Friend
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3944.htm This 29 minute video
explores the reality of life in Uzbekistan
06/26/03: Let me introduce you to our presidents new best friend, President
Karimov of Uzbekistan.
President Karimov government was awarded $500m in aid from the Bush
administration in 2002. The SNB (Uzbekistan's security service) received $79m
of this sum.
The U.S. State Department web site
<http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2924.htm> states "Uzbekistan is not a
democracy and does not have a free press. Many opponents of the government have
fled, and others have been arrested." and "The police force and the
intelligence service use torture as a routine investigation technique."
Now I would like to introduce you to Muzafar Avazov, a 35-year old father of
four. Mr Avazov had a visit from our presidents friends security force (SNB),
the photographs below detail the brutality and inhuman treatment our tax
dollars subsidize, with the full knowledge of our president and his
administration.
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Muzafar Avazov, body showed signs of burns on the legs, buttocks, lower back
and arms. Sixty to seventy percent of the body was burnt, according to official
sources. Doctors who saw the body reported that such burns could only have been
caused by immersing Avazov in boiling water. Those who saw the body also
reported that there was a large, bloody wound on the back of the head, heavy
bruising on the forehead and side of the neck, and that his hands had no
fingernails.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH:
Deaths Reveal "Horror" of Uzbek Prisons
(New York, August 10, 2002) Two suspicious deaths with apparent signs of
torture highlight Uzbekistan's brutal ongoing crackdown against independent
Muslims, Human Rights Watch said today. The bodies of Muzafar Avazov and
Husnidin Alimov, both religious prisoners at Jaslyk Prison, were returned to
family members for burial in Tashkent Thursday.
Individuals who had seen one of the bodies told Human Rights Watch that it
showed clear signs of torture. The authorities reportedly restricted viewing of
the second body. Both men had been imprisoned at Jaslyk Prison, well-known for
its harsh conditions and ill-treatment and torture of religious prisoners.
Human Rights Watch has learned that the body of Muzafar Avazov, a 35-year old
father of four, showed signs of burns on the legs, buttocks, lower back and
arms. Sixty to seventy percent of the body was burnt, according to official
sources. Doctors who saw the body reported that such burns could only have been
caused by immersing Avazov in boiling water. Those who saw the body also
reported that there was a large, bloody wound on the back of the head, heavy
bruising on the forehead and side of the neck, and that his hands had no
fingernails.
"These deaths reveal the horror of Uzbek prisons," said Elizabeth Andersen,
executive director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division.
"It seems the small signs of progress on torture we had seen were mere
window-dressing, intended to hide Uzbekistan's persistent problem and placate
international critics."
These latest incidents of serious human rights violations could complicate
Uzbekistan's relations with the United States. The United States has allied
itself closely with Uzbekistan in the war against terrorism, but U.S.
government officials have expressed concern that Uzbekistan's harsh treatment
of independent Muslims could be counterproductive to the anti-terror effort.
The U.S. government recently adopted a law requiring that before delivering aid
to the Uzbek government, the Bush administration must determine that Uzbekistan
is making "substantial and continuing progress" in meeting the human rights
commitments contained in a U.S.-Uzbekistan March 2002 joint declaration.
Uzbek authorities, including numerous police officers, brought the body of
Muzafar Avazov, to the family home at about 3:30 p.m. on August 8. Police cars
surrounded the area and checked visitors who approached the house, preventing
some from entering. When the burial occurred at 6:00 p.m. that evening, police
closed the road to traffic. Authorities from the office of General Prosecutor
Rashidjon Kodirov reportedly threatened the family not to talk to the media or
give interviews to others about the circumstances surrounding Avazov's death.
In May 2002, Human Rights Watch received reports that prison authorities had
beaten Muzafar Avazov and put him in a punishment cell for stating that nothing
could stop him from performing his prayers.
The authorities also returned the body of 34-year old Husnidin Alimov to his
family in Tashkent on August 8, but they reportedly restricted viewing of the
body. Prior to the death, relatives of people imprisoned in Jaslyk told Human
Rights Watch that prison officials had placed Alimov in a punishment cell. He
was reportedly placed there before the end of June and spent many weeks there
before his death. Prisoners are often placed in such cells for praying or
refusing to ask for forgiveness from Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Conditions
are reportedly severe and beatings common. "Deaths under such circumstances are
highly suspicious," said Andersen. "The Uzbek government must ensure that full
and open investigations are conducted into these deaths and into the conditions
and treatment of prisoners in Jaslyk. There is an urgent need for regular,
independent, international monitoring of conditions there." A large number of
police accompanied Alimov's body and were present
during the funeral.
The father of another man who died in May, apparently after terrible beatings
in Jaslyk, was reportedly detained by police directly after the funeral and
sentenced Friday to 15 days in custody on an administrative charge, related to
his attendance at the funeral. Police reportedly questioned him about how he
heard about the funeral and why he attended. Both men were serving prison
sentences on charges related to their religious activity. Since 1997, the
government of Uzbekistan has waged a campaign against religious Muslims who
practice their faith outside of state controls. The peaceful expression of
independent religious views has landed thousands in prison on charges of
extremism. The government has particularly targeted members of Hizb ut-Tahrir,
a banned Islamic group that calls for the peaceful reestablishment of the
Caliphate in Central Asia. Uzbek authorities routinely prosecute those accused
of affiliation with the group on charges of anti-state activities or
possession or distribution of "illegal religious materials." "Torture is an
unmistakable feature of this campaign," said Andersen. In the past fifteen
months alone, Human Rights Watch has documented 11 deaths arising from
suspicious circumstances in custody. According to information from the human
rights group Memorial, Alimov was sentenced in 1999 to 16 years in prison, on a
range of charges, including spreading religious "extremist" materials. Avazov
was sentenced in mid-2000 to 20 years in prison. He had been accused of
membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir. His sentence was reduced on appeal in February
2001 to 19 years.
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that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...."
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