Why Aren’t Uzbek Security Forces Part Of The Probe Into Karakalpakstan Violence?

A minimum of 21 folks had been killed in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan Republic in July, the worst violence within the nation for the reason that Andijon bloodbath in Might 2005. Judging from data launched by the fee investigating the causes of the violence, the position of the police and safety forces is receiving little, if any, consideration. A current Human Rights Watch report, nonetheless, seems to be at legislation enforcement’s position. Becoming a member of host Bruce Pannier to debate the subject are Mihra Rittmann, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, and Steve Swerdlow, a rights lawyer who has spent a few years specializing in Central Asia.