Uzbekistan: Justice Ministry denied the accreditation of another representative of Human Rights Watc

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http://enews.fergananews.com/article.php?id=2685

On December 23, 210 the Justice Ministry of Uzbekistan officially denied the accreditation of Steve Swerdlow, the head of representative office of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and his wife Tandot Bhakti Dhirsinh.

HRW representative learned about the denial of accreditation request through the letter, signed by deputy Minister G. Khidoyatov. The document says that "the steady practice of non-observance of national legislation requirements is observed in the operations of HRW representative office in Uzbekistan" while "Mr. Swerlow does not have experience of cooperating with Uzbekistan and work in the region in general".

It has to be mentioned that activities of this famous international human rights organization were shut down in Uzbekistan in 2007 because Andrea Berg (heading it since fall of 2005) had to leave the republic in 2007 after the accreditation term expired and new accreditation request was denied.
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Just another ally in the "war on terror".