num_pages: 27
description: "A threat to the constitutional order" is what President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan took to calling his non-violent critics and political opponents early on in his fourteen year presidency – sending many of them to jail. After deadly bombings in Tashkent in 1999, the Karimov government capitalized on public fear of the threat of terrorism and religious extremism to undermine and discredit their critics. Those who objected to Karimov’s authoritarian practices and exposed the government’s violations of human rights were accused of giving aid and comfort to terrorists.
language: English
title: Karimov's War: Human Rights Defenders and Counterterrorism in Uzbekistan
titlecomplete: Karimov's War: Human Rights Defenders and Counterterrorism in Uzbekistan
publisher: Human Rights First