Memorandum to the U.S. Government Regarding Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan

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August 9, 2001 8:00PM EDT | Statement

Memorandum to the U.S. Government Regarding Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan

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.

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