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HEARING: UZBEKISTAN: STIFLED DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS IN DECLINE

June 24, 2004 - 2203 Rayburn House Office Building

Official Transcript:

Witnesses:

Name	Title	Affiliation
Hon. Christopher H. Smith	Chairman	Helsinki Commission
Hon. Lorne W. Craner	Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor	U.S. Department of State
Lynn Pascoe	Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	U.S. Department of State
H.E. Abdulaziz Komilov	Ambassador	Republic of Uzbekistan
Dr. Fred Starr	Chairman	Caucasus-Central Asia Institute, SAIS
Dr. Martha Olcott	Senior Associate	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr. Abdurahim Polat	Chairman	Birlik Party
Veronika Leila Szente Goldston	Advocacy Director	Human Rights Watch

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Uzbekistan

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Combating Corruption
Elections
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion or Belief
Prevention of Torture
Right of Peaceful Assembly
Trafficking in Human Beings

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