Submitted to the 98th session of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights.

Methodology
This report was prepared from materials collected from the monitoring of the rights of persons
under investigation and in detention. The monitoring was conducted during eight months in 2009
by the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan and Committee for the Liberation of Prisoners of
Conscience, both based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights,
based in Berlin, provided assistance with the collation and analysis of the data. Monitoring was
conducted through interviews with individuals released from prisons, victims of torture, relatives
of the convicted, and persons serving prison sentences and includes observation of court hearings.
In addition, official responses from government agencies to claims of torture from alleged
victims, press releases, and statements from local human rights organizations were included in
the review.

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