Nowhere to Turn: Torture and Ill-treatment in Uzbekistan

Nowhere to Turn

Torture and Ill-treatment in Uzbekistan

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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

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

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 Ombudswoman of Uzbekistan

Appendix III. Reply from the Ombudswoman’s Office

Appendix IV. Letter to Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan

Appendix V. Reply from Prosecutor General’s Office

November 2007 Volume 19, No. 6(D)