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Tajikistan: Background on Human Rights (New York, October 5, 2001) The U.S. government's new strategic partnership with Tajikistan should take into account that country's poor human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today.
Uzbekistan: U.S. Cautioned on New Ally(New York, October 4, 2001) U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should exercise caution in dealing with Uzbekistan, America’s newest ally in the fight against terrorism, Human Rights Watch said today.
Uzbekistan: Muslim Persecution(New York, August 20, 2001) -- The Bush administration should name Uzbekistan a "country of particular concern" for religious freedom, Human Rights Watch urged today. More..
Memorandum to the U.S. Government Regarding Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan(August 10, 2001) -- This memorandum outlines Human Rights Watch's most pressing concerns about the systematic religious persecution of independent Muslims in today's Uzbekistan, where the government is pursuing a campaign of unlawful arrest, incommunicado detention, torture, unfair trials, and incarceration of non-violent believers. More..
Memorandum: U.S. Policy in Central Asia (May 2001) This memorandum outlines Human Rights Watch's most pressing concerns about recent U.S. foreign policy toward the independent Central Asian states, offered for the new administration's consideration as it sets in motion its policy toward that volatile region. More..
Uzbekistan: Dissident in Psychiatric Detention Tajikistan's Parliamentary Elections
(New York, February 25, 2000)--Six parties will contest elections to the lower chamber of a new bicameral
parliament in Tajikistan on February 27, 2000. The vote will mark the first multiparty elections since the June
1997 peace agreement that ended Tajikistan's civil war, and are seen as the culmination of the peace process. >>>>more Turkmenistan Silences a Last Voice of Opposition, Rights group protests arrest of opposition figure
(New York, January 7, 2000)--Human Rights Watch today condemned the arrest of Turkmen dissident Nurberdi
Nurmamedov (pictured right). Nurmamedov, 57, is one of the only remaining Turkmen opposition figures not in
jail or exile. The arrest follows his public criticism of the recent decision to extend indefinitely Turkmen
President Saparmurad Niazov's term in office. >>>>more Armenian Prime Minister Gunned Down (New York, October 27, 1999)-- On October 27, several individuals entered Armenia's parliament and assasinated Armenian Prime Minister Vasgen Sarkisyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchian and other senior officials during a live radio broadcast. Gunmen held approximately fifty individuals in the parliament hostage following the attack. More about Armenia Uzbeks Purge Muslims from Academia (New York, October 20, 1999)--In a new report about Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch documents a pernicious form of religious discrimination practiced by the government against Muslims. The report, Class Dismissed: Discriminatory Expulsions of Muslim Students, describes the government's zero-tolerance policy toward Muslim students who wear headscarves and beards. Government officials have unceremoniously expelled the students from
schools and universities. Most of those expelled were girls and young
women. Kazakh Elections Tainted Parliamentary Campaign Manipulation Echoes Presidential Election Tactics (New York, October 5, 1999)--In a new report released ahead of this
week's parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, Human Rights Watch charged that the government was repeating the manipulation used in the January election of President Nazarbaev. |