Muzafar Avazov

Muzafar Avazov,a 35-year-old father of four, was a Uzbekistan torture victim executed in 2002.[1] [2][3]

Human Rights Watch recorded his death as "suspicious" with evidence of torture, citing Uzbekistan's repression of independent Muslims. Individuals who had seen the body told Human Rights Watch that it showed clear signs of torture. Avazov, a political dissident affiliated with Hizb-ut-Tahrir, was imprisoned at Jaslyk Prison, said by the same organization to be "well known for its harsh conditions and ill-treatment and torture of religious prisoners."

Medical examiners found severe burns on Avazov's legs, buttocks, lower back and arms, covering 60–70% of his body, which they believed to be the result of immersion in boiling water. Eyewitnesses also report a "large, bloody wound on the back of the head, heavy bruising on the forehead and side of the neck, and that his hands had no fingernails."

Reference

  1. ^ Rashid, Ahmed (2009) [2008]. Descent into Chaos. Penguin. ISBN 978-0143115571. http://books.google.com/books?id=4GJO3XfjPO4C&dq=avazov%20alimov%20boiled&pg=PT281#v=onepage. Retrieved 12 September 2011. "Muzafar Avazov and Khuzniddin Alimov, who were accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group [ Hizb ut-Tahrir ] died on August 8, 2002, after being boiled to death in hot water." 
  2. ^ Our Presidents New Best Friend Boils People Alive at Information Clearing House site, with purported photographs of the body showing wounds
  3. ^ Amnesty International - Concerns in Europe and Central Asia July to December 2003

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