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Nowhere to turn torture and ill-treatment in Uzbekistan

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 -- Prolonged beatings -- Electric shock -- Asphyxiation -- Torture by inmates -- Psychological pressure, threats and inhuman treatment -- Physical conditions in custody. -- 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 the office of the ombudsman of Uzbekistan -- Appendix III. Reply from the office of the ombudsman -- Appendix IV. Letter to Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan -- Appendix V. Reply from Prosecutor General's Office.

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