You're right, sylvester, the terrorism will continue. As will the torture in Uzbekistan where the leader has people boiled alive and continues torturing with impunity because, "Karimov is a firm ally of the US and supporter of the “war on terror”, so is not a candidate for US-sponsored regime change.": It said torture is widely used in detention facilities in Uzbekistan, where at least 10 torture related deaths were recorded between late 2001 and 2003.
The report said one recent victim died after 60% to 70% of his body had suffered burns, apparently from immersion in boiling water.
It said police resort to torture in part because of the authorities' demand for a 100% detection rate.
The director of the International Helsinki Federation, Aaron Rhodes, says despite promises, laws in many OSCE countries still fail to expressly prohibit torture.
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Uzbekistan is ruled by President Islam Karimov's dictatorship, which according to Amnesty International, boils people alive and employs torture techniques that include “near-suffocation with a plastic bag, being hung upside down, having needles stuck under finger- and toe-nails, having their hands and feet burned and having electric shocks administered via a device fitted to the head”. Karimov is a firm ally of the US and supporter of the “war on terror”, so is not a candidate for US-sponsored regime change.
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