Document #1314559

IWPR – Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Uzbek Activist Confessed "Under Torture"

http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=hrufrca174892&l=en&s=f&o=174893

ecoi.net summary:
Ruslan Sharipov, the Uzbek human rights activist jailed for five and a half years, confessed to gay sex charges after police tortured and threatened to kill him
Country:
Uzbekistan
Source:
IWPR – Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Original link:
http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=hrufrca174892&l=en&s=f&o=174893
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
12 September 2003
Document ID:
1314559 (former ID 41846)

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