Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TASHKENT1216
2007-07-02 04:38:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
CDA URGES FM NOROV TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 001216
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN AND DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM UZ
SUBJECT: CDA URGES FM NOROV TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
ACCREDITATION DECISION
REF: A. TASHKENT 1146
¶B. TASHKENT 1152
Classified By: CDA Brad Hanson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Charge raised the Government of Uzbekistan's decision to
deny accreditation to an AmCit Human Rights Watch staff
member (reftels) with Foreign Minister Norov on the margins
of Ambassador John Hanford's June 26 meeting (septel).
Charge noted that the government's decision leaves Human
Rights Watch without any accredited expatriate staff in
Uzbekistan, and effectively shuts down the organization's
office. Charge said that the decision sends the wrong
message about Uzbekistan's commitment to human rights and
should be reversed. Norov provided no substantive response.
HANSON