Saturday, May 14, 2005
Uzbek Government, Bush allies, torturers
This week, the Uzbekistan government, enthusiastically and repeatedly backed by Bushco, did a Tien an Min Square, shooting perhaps hundreds of its own protesting citizens.
According to this official 2004 US State Department document,
No wonder Uzbek people are "protesting." Bush and company should renounce its support of the current regime. Yesterday.
According to this official 2004 US State Department document,
Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with limited civil rights . . . The Government's human rights remained very poor, and it continued to commit numerous serious abuses . . . Police and NSS [National Security Service] forces tortured, beat, and harassed persons. Prison conditions remained poor. Serious abuses occurred in pretrial detention. Those responsible for documented abuses rarely were punished . . . Although the law prohibits such practices, both police and the NSS routinely tortured, beat, and otherwise mistreated detainees to obtain confessions or incriminating information. Police and the NSS allegedly used suffocation, electric shock, rape, and other sexual abuse; however, beating was the most commonly reported method of torture. Torture was common in prisons, pretrial facilities, and local police and security service precincts . . .The document recounts specific cases of beatings, burnings, "involuntary psychiatric treatment," "sharp objects inserted under the fingernails," "immersion in boiling water," et cetera.
No wonder Uzbek people are "protesting." Bush and company should renounce its support of the current regime. Yesterday.
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