Original sentence: Craig Murray made accusations that information was being extracted under extreme torture from dissidents in that country, and that the information was subsequently being used by Britain and other western, democratic countries which disapproved of torture.He thought that Western countries moved people to regimes and nations where it was known that information would be extracted by torture, and made available to them.In 2003, Britain's Ambassador for Uzbekistan, Mr.Murray later stated that he felt that he had unwittingly stumbled upon what has been called "torture by proxy".No misconduct by him was proven.The Foreign & Commonwealth Office itself is being investigated by the National Audit Office because of accusations of victimisation,bullying and intimidating its own staff, as reported in the Sunday Times (London) on 20 March 2005.The accusations did not lead to any investigation by his employer, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and he resigned after disciplinary action was taken against him in 2004.Uzbekistan is nominally democratic but  has been described as  a police state
Edited sentence: The government has begun to enact a number of its provisions.This represents a decline from previous years, as hundreds are amnestied and fewer arrested.Uzbekistan is nominally democratic at best