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Human Rights Watch Researcher Steve Swerdlow spent two months in Uzbekistan in late 2010. During that time, he got a rare glimpse into this isolated, repressive country. Defense lawyers, torture victims and their relatives took great risks to tell Swerdlow accounts both horrible and absurd. In this report, produced by Julia Barton, we hear some of their stories.
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INTRO:The Soviet Union officially ended 20 years ago this month, leaving in its place 15 new nations. The NGO Human Rights Watch says things have been deteriorating sharply in one of those countries, Uzbekistan. The Central Asian nation has been ruled by one man, Islam Karimov (kuh-REE-moff) for its entire existence. Human Rights Watch researcher Steve Swerdlow (SWEARd-low) was one of the last Western observers allowed to collect stories of torture and abuse in Uzbekistan. Swerdlow had to leave Uzbekistan late last year, after which the government shut down Human Rights Watch's office in the country.
OUTRO:That was Human Rights Watch researcher Steve Swerdlow in a report produced by Julia Barton.
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Produced by Julia Barton for Human Rights Watch
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