E/CN.4/2005/62/Add.2 page 43 185. The Government reported that Turkey has extended a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights. In principle any special rapporteur of the Commission is welcome to visit Turkey. Since 1999, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the Representative of the Secretary General on internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions visited Turkey, whilst the Special Representative of the Secretary General on human rights defenders visited Turkey in October 2004. Since the State Security Courts were abolished (see para. 157), detainees’ right to access to counsel ensured and effective measures adopted to punish the perpetrators of human rights violations, it is considered that the reasons cited in recommendation (n) for the need to extend an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to visit Turkey are no longer valid. 186. Recommendation (o) stated: Similarly, in view of the frequent detention of individuals under the Anti-Terror Law, seemingly for exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression and of association, the Government may also wish to give serious consideration to extending an invitation to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. 187. The Government reported that various amendments have been introduced to the AntiTerror Law since 2002. In that regard, article 7 of the Anti-Terror Law was amended to restrict the context in which propaganda could be prosecuted as a criminal offence: the article was redrafted to read “propaganda that encourages terrorism”. A further amendment to article 7 of the Anti-Terror Law, which deals with aiding and abetting terrorist organizations, incorporated the expression “(incitement to) violence” into the text of the article in order to meet the criteria sought by the ECHR. As such, only propaganda that incites to terrorism and other forms of violence are considered to be a criminal offence. A significant change was recorded on 19 June 2003 by the repeal of article 8 of the Law to expand freedom of thought and expression, and the use of force or violence becomes a prerequisite in the definition of the crime of terror. As for the recommendation to extend an invitation to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Turkey’s cooperation with and the standing invitation to the special procedures of the Commission has already been explained in the previous reply. Uzbekistan Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in the report of his visit to Uzbekistan in November and December 2002 (E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2, para. 70). 188. By letter dated 22 September 2004, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government information received from non-governmental sources. By letter dated 15 November 2004, the Government provided information on the follow-up measures taken. 189. Recommendation (a) stated: First and foremost, the highest authorities need to publicly condemn torture in all its forms. The highest authorities, in particular those responsible for law enforcement activities, should declare unambiguously that they will not tolerate torture and similar ill-treatment by public officials and that those in command at the time abuses are perpetrated will be held personally responsible for the abuses. The