Uzbekistan: Release and Rehabilitate Political Prisoners

Expand Human Rights Watch, local human rights activists, and former political prisoners in Uzbekistan met with members of the Uzbek government in June 2018, to discuss, among other things, the creation of a special commission on political prisoners with a mandate including identifying measures of rehabilitation for prisoners when released. Left to right: Dilmurod Saidov, Muhammad Bekjanov, Hugh Williamson, Akzam Turgunov, Azam Farmonov, Kobuljon Tulashev, Ahmadjon Madurmarov, Erkin Musaev, Steve Swerdlow, Viktoriya Kim. © 2018 Human Rights Watch (Tashkent) – The Uzbek government has released…

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