Torture rife in Uzbek "health farm" jail

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13539215.htm

JASLIK, Uzbekistan, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Muzafar Avazov's teeth were smashed and his fingernails ripped out by the time he died -- but the head of the Uzbek jail where he was killed says the prison is like a health farm. snip

"Look what they did to my son in Jaslik. They tortured him in the basement and boiled him in hot water," said 61-year-old Fatima Mukadyrova, tears in her eyes, displaying photographs of a mutilated body with severe burns, cuts and bruises.

The pictures clearly showed that the 36-year-old Avazov had no nails on his hands and feet and nearly all of his teeth had been broken. snip

Uzbekistan enjoys warm ties with Washington in return for its support for the U.S.-led war in neighbouring Afghanistan. But human rights activists say repression and torture are rife. snip

One group of Hizb ut-Tahrir supporters inside Jaslik could not be stopped from expressing their hatred of Karimov's friendly relations with U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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1. Smiling bush shakes hands with Karimov

The dirty little secret that isn't a secret at all. A future Saddam?
http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/us-and-uz.htm

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2. Thanks for the link

I am sure those will be photos someone would like to lose in the near future.

Don