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Uzbekistan's dictator is another Qaddafi-in-waiting. Realism is one thing, but the United States can't be afraid to call the devil by his name. (...) Its leader, former Soviet apparatchik Islam Karimov, presides over a ruthless, corrupt state that imprisons and tortures anyone who dares to champion a democratic alternative. He harbors hopes, it has been said, to pass power to his daughter, whom leaked U.S. cables call the most hated person in the country. His subjects once tried to revolt, in 2005, but were massacred; now they seem passive, but seethe beneath the surface. The government promises the West it will reform, but does nothing. (...)

The article:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/16/kisses-karimov

Ultime dall'Uzbekistan:
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/uzbekistan

Informazioni biografiche:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islom_Karimov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Karimov

Informazioni di base:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2924.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1238242.stm

Diritti umani in Uzbekistan:

http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/uzbekistan

http://www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/uzbekistan

http://50.amnesty.it/sites/default/files/Uzbekistan.pdf

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HRW Report - Torture, the Failure of Habeas Corpus, and the Silencing of Lawyers in Uzbekistan:

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/12/12/no-one-left-witness