E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2 page 56 The prosecutor, investigator and psychiatric doctor reportedly told his father, that if he paid them US$ 10,000 each, his son would be released. His father allegedly stated that he did not have money, but if the judge was good and honest, he would find that his son was not guilty. On 15 August, Bakhtior Kinjaev was reportedly sentenced to 20 years, 3 in prison and 17 in a strict regime in a colony. Dshamurad Rakhimovich Makhmudov, who was said to have been sentenced to prison for reading Hizb-ut-Tahrir literature, was reportedly brought to Jaslyk colony on 13 June 2002. Previously, he had been held at Navoi 29/3 colony and Andijan prison. In Zangiata colony near Tashkent, the prison authorities reportedly told him that if he wrote a repentance letter to the President, he would not be sent to Jaslyk. His wife, mother and children were said to have been brought to see him and he was told that if he did not write a repentance letter, he would see them for the last time. He is said to have refused to sign the repentance letter. As a result, it is believed that he was transferred to Jaslyk colony. When refusing to negate his beliefs, Dshamurad Rakhimovich Makhmudov was reportedly taken to the medical unit early August 2002, as if to examine him, and was reportedly beaten there with bats. Four of his teeth were pulled out, and it is reported that he is bearing scars on the left side of his mouth. He was told by colony authorities that he was sent to Jaslyk colony in order for the authorities to get rid of him. Shukurov Bakhiiar Shakarovich, who has been held in prison No. 36 since 27 November 1997 after having been convicted to 18 years’ imprisonment, reportedly left his barrack during the night (at around 4 a.m.) of 22 June 2002, to go to the toilet. As he was sick, he is said to have worn long underwear. He was reportedly detained by a prison guard and brought to the supervisor’s office, where he explained that he was feeling sick. A senior lieutenant is believed to have warned him against breaking the rules and to have sent him to a punishment cell. On the following morning, he was again taken to the supervisor’s room on suspicion that he was praying. There, being asked, he reportedly indicated that he was praying five times a day. At that point, a captain is believed to have hit him on the ear with his fist. When hit a second time, he is said to have fallen on the floor where he was allegedly kicked on the side and insulted. According to the information received, he was then transferred to the solitary confinement cell where he was allegedly beaten with rubber batons, and kicked with leather boots. Despite his requests, he was not allowed to meet with the prison director. As his health condition was rapidly deteriorating, he was reportedly taken to another cell. On 23 June, he is said to have written a new complaint that he wanted to send to the General Procurator. He was reportedly brought to the supervisor’s office, where he was allegedly kicked and beaten again as well as insulted. According to the information received, he was eventually able to send a complaint to the General Procurator. Mutabar Tozhibaeva, an independent journalist, was reportedly arrested at around 10 p.m. on 1 July 2002 in Kirghilinski district, in the Ferghana region. It is alleged that she was taken to the Regional MVD office (ROVD) where the deputy head twisted her arms behind the back and hit her on the head and on the neck. She was allegedly also kicked on the legs and was eventually thrown violently into a cell. She is said to have been denied access to water and food as well as to the toilets. It is believed that her identity documents as well as her tape recorder were confiscated. She was allegedly accused of “giving free rights to people”. At around 2 a.m., she was allegedly threatened with rape and insulted by the deputy head of the ROVD. She was