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<title>EIN News: Uzbekistan Human Rights News</title>
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<title>Uzbek Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Case</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192656591</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... ISTANBUL - A human rights activist was sentenced to 10 years in  ...  a statement that the conviction showed that Uzbekistan, whose president, , has been in power  ...
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<title>Hamid Slimi- On Financial Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192643101</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 20:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  conflicts broke out in Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and other republics of Central Asia. International  ...  by the need for protecting minorities and human rights, the conflict is above all a geo-strategic  ...
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<title>Tonio Borg reiterates Malta&apos;s stand against death penalty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192636503</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 18:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  expressly protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr Borg said that Malta, along with  ...  year Albania, Argentina, the Cook Islands and Uzbekistan have completely abolished capital punishment. However, many  ...
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<title>Tonio Borg reiterates Malta&apos;s stand against the death penalty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192634109</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  expressly protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr Borg said that Malta, along with  ...  year Albania, Argentina, the Cook Islands and Uzbekistan have completely abolished capital punishment. However, many  ...
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<title>Tonio Borg marks World Day against Death Penalty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192628861</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 16:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  expressly protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr Borg said that Malta, along with  ...  year Albania, Argentina, the Cook Islands and Uzbekistan have completely abolished capital punishment. However, many  ...
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<title>The US vs. Russia: A New World Order?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192612207</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 11:32 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  conflicts broke out in Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and other republics of Central Asia. International  ...  by the need for protecting minorities and human rights, the conflict is above all a geo-strategic  ...
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<title>Background Notes : Afghanistan (10/08)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192550675</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  population, followed by Tajiks (25%), Hazaras (10%), Uzbek (6-8%), Aimaq, Turkmen, Baluch, and other small  ...  code--on the entire country and committed massive human rights violations, particularly directed against women and girls.  ...
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<title>State Department blasts China for religious freedom violations</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192517910</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  concern are Myanmar (formerly Burma), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan. Compiled by diplomats and human rights activists every year since 1999, the 800-page report covers 198 countries and territories and  ...
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<title>Uzbek reporter who criticized government jailed for 10 years</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192503746</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... TASHKENT - An independent Uzbek journalist who worked for Western media outlets  ...  lawyer said, in a case condemned by human rights groups. Solijon Abdurakhmanov, 58, was convicted of  ...
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<title>Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty (10October)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192485977</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 15:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  by Albania, Argentina, the Cook Islands and Uzbekistan to abolish the death penalty completely. It  ...  is an integral part of respect for human rights and confirms its dignity. The EU encourages  ...
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<title>Kazaks Refuse to Extradite Uzbek Refugees</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192449212</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 12:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  taking a softer line on refugees from Uzbekistan. On September 26. Gelya Rerikh, a spokesperson  ...  head of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Defenders in Uzbekistan, There are unwritten agreements  ...
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<title>A challenge for Lebanon: abolishing the death penalty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192411803</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 05:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, more than 15 million euros ($20 million)  ...  worldwide, most recently by Albania, Argentina, Rwanda, Uzbekistan, and the US state of New Jersey.  ...
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<title>Uzbek court should acquit reporter in politicized case</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192405834</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 04:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... CPJ urges Uzbek court to reject politicized prosecution, acquit journalist  ...  CPJ and several other press freedom and human rights organizations have called the prosecution politically motivated.  ...
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<title>USCIRF urges action on Kazakhstan, Burma</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192356277</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 22:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  urged the federal government to promote democracy, human rights and religious freedom for people in Kazakhstan  ...  religious liberty in Kazakhstan&apos;s neighboring countries. Both Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have laws that require religious  ...
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<title>More Than 10-Fold Difference In Number Of Psychiatrists Across Europe</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192309874</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 19:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on the process rather than the outcome. Human rights - neglect and abuse Findings on monitoring,  ...  countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation and Uzbekistan; and -- Israel, Norway and Switzerland. Please  ...
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