Uzbekistan: From House to House: Abuses by Mahalla Committees (Human Rights Watch Report, September 2003)

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UZBEKISTAN

From House to House:
Abuses by Mahalla Committees

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

RECOMMENDATIONS

MAHALLA STRUCTURE

ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF MAHALLA COMMITTEES

FORMAL AND INFORMAL LINKS TO THE HOKIMIAT

INSTRUMENTS OF ABUSE

Religious Persecution

Means of Control: Surveillance

2002 Prison Amnesty

Extrajudicial Punishment

Social Assistance

Issuing Documentation

Domestic Violence

Forced Resettlement

Involvement of the Mahalla Committees

THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Acknowledgements

September 2003 Vol. 15, No. 7(D)