April 2012 ойлик архив

Uzbekistan: 50th birthday in prison (Dilmurod Saidov)

By: Patrick Griffith

April 26, 2012

Today, Dilmurod Saidov is spending his 50th birthday in a prison work camp in Navoi, Uzbekistan. Over the course of the last year, the international community has watched, and debated, as relations between Uzbekistan and the West have steadily improved. But, as we discuss the costs and benefits of any further strategic engagement with the Karimov regime, we must not forget the individual victims of that government’s repressive policies.