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reportedly tied behind his back, and he was hit with a baton’. A third was
‘allegedly given electroshocks and was beaten with a baton on his head’.56
Detailed international reports on the equipment used in public-order
situations in Uzbekistan are rare. However, after the 2005 Andijan massacre, a
number of international organizations did compile reports. For example, the
OSCE reported that:
As the crowd approached the junction of Cholpon Prospect and Baynal Minal Street,
gunfire came from different sides. It came from another barrier installed on Cholpon
Prospect across from School 15 that included one or two BTRs and security forces
with automatic weapons behind sandbags. There was also sniper fire from the roofs
of buildings along Cholpon Prospect.57
56
United Nations, Economic and Social Council, <http://www.hrw.org/legacy/pub/2005/Uzbekistan_
Special_Rapporteur_Report_Feb03.pdf>; and Amnesty International (2013) Uzbekistan: Submission to
the United Nations Committee Against Torture, EUR 62/011/2013, <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/
asset/EUR62/011/2013/en/0156a699-cf33-4d16-b330-c202a90b03a1/eur620112013en.pdf>.
57 OSCE, Preliminary Findings on the Events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, 13 May 2005,
<http://www.osce.org/odihr/15653?download=true>.
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