Uzbekistan: Stifled Democracy, Human Rights in Decline

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Thursday, June 24, 2004, 4:00 am

Witnesses

Lorne W. Craner

Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

Department of State

Hon. Lynn Pascoe

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs

Department of State

His Excellency Abdulaziz Komilov

Ambassador to the United States

Republic of Kazakhstan

Martha Olcott

Senior Associate

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abdurahim Polat

Chairman

Birlik Party and Representative Human Rights Watch

Veronika Leila Szente Goldston

Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia

Human Rights Watch

Frederick Starr

Director

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

This hearing focused on the human rights and democratization process in Uzbekistan. Despite Uzbekistan's signing of major agreements promising multi-party elections and other democratic reforms, Uzbekistan has not implemented policy that would move it in this direction. The hearing looked into what measures the U.S. could take within the OSCE to speed the democratization process in Uzbekistan.

Relevant Countries

Uzbekistan

Leadership

Christopher Smith | Ben Cardin