“Saving Secrets”: Government Repression in Andijan

“Saving its Secrets”

Government Repression in Andijan

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The Andijan Massacre
Special Focus

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Government of Uzbekistan

To Uzbekistan’s International Partners

To States receiving asylum seekers from Andijan

III. Methodology

IV. Background

The Uprising and Massacre

Pressure on Refugees to Return to Uzbekistan

No Accountability for Killings of Unarmed People

Crackdown on Civil Society

International Response

V. Continued Repression in Andijan

Repression against Those Who Stayed in Uzbekistan

Returnees from Kyrgyzstan

Returnees from the United States

Families of Refugees Resettled Abroad

Wives

Sons and daughters

Parents

Surveillance and pressure not to leave the country

VI. Vulnerability of Uzbek Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Kyrgyzstan

Risk of Forced Return from Other CIS Countries

Acknowledgements

May 2008 ISBN: 1-56432-318-8