11.05.2013 кунлик архив
The phenomenon of Bakhtiyar Khamrayev
Bakhtiyar Khamraev, known Uzbek human rights activist, passed away on May 4 after a long lasting illness. The history of his work and his disease can tell about a whole era – about the nature and characteristics of the authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan, the thinking and behavior of Islam Karimov concerning human rights and civil society.
Authoritarianism in Uzbekistan has a clear strategy of exclusion, marginalization and elimination the opposition and civil society in Uzbek society. In this case, the liquidation does not mean a direct physical removal of the activist, but also a systematic and coordinated public policy, in which, the independent and opposition representative in civil society will be forced to either cease activities or the authorities will do anything to put a man out law.
