priznava drugi krog dialoga o človekovih pravicah med Evropsko unijo in Uzbekistanom, ki je bil 5. junija 2008; opozarja na seminar o svobodi medijev, ki je bil v Taškentu 2. in 3. oktobra 2008; vendar meni, da seminar ni dosegel cilja, da bi zagotovil odprto razpravo o kršitvah človekovih pravic in svobodo medijev v Uzbekistanu, kot je bil prvotni namen; ugotavlja, da je logično prišlo do podaljšanja sankcij proti Uzbekistanu, ker ni prišlo do neodvisne mednarodne preiskave pokola v Andižanu, položaj človekovih pravic v tej državi pa se ravno tako ni izboljšal; pozdravlja izpustitev dveh zagovornikov človekovih pravic, Dilmurada Muhidinova in Mamaradžaba Nazarova; obsoja, da so na podlagi politično motiviranih obtožb v zaporu pridržani zagovorniki človekovih pravic in neodvisni novinarji, in poziva uzbekistanske oblasti, naj izpustijo vse zagovornike človekovih pravic in druge politične zapornike; ponovno izraža globoko zaskrbljenost zaradi aretacije neodvisnega novinarja Salijona Abdurahmanova in zagovornika človekovih pravic Agzama Turgunova; je seznanjen s sklepi Sveta z dne 13. oktobra 2008 o Uzbekistanu; poziva uzbekistanske oblasti, naj sprejmejo akreditacijo novega direktorja Mednarodne organizacije za zaščito človekovih pravic (Human Rights Watch) v državi in tej organizaciji ter drugim mednarodnim in nevladnim organizacijam omogoči neovirano delovanje; poziva Uzbekistan, naj popolnoma in učinkovito sodeluje s posebnim poročevalcem Združenih narodov v zvezi z mučenjem in svobodo izražanja ter prekliče omejitve za registracijo in delovanje nevladnih organizacij v Uzbekistanu; ugotavlja, da je Svet sklenil, da ne bo obnovil omejitev potovanj za določene posameznike, omenjene v Skupnem stališču 2007/734/SZVP Skupno stališče Sveta 2007/734/SZVP z dne 13. novembra 2007 o omejevalnih ukrepih proti Uzbekistanu (UL L 295, 14.11.2007, str.
Recognises the second round of the EU-Uzbekistan human rights dialogue, which took place on 5 June 2008; notes the seminar on media freedom, held in Tashkent on 2 and 3 October 2008; however, considers that the seminar failed to achieve its aim of providing an open discussion on the human rights violations and freedom of the media in Uzbekistan, as was originally intended; notes the continuing absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the lack of any improvement in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan; welcomes the release of two human rights defenders, Dilmurod Mukhiddinov and Mamarajab Nazarov; condemns the holding of human rights defenders and independent journalists in prison on politically motivated charges and urges the Uzbek authorities to release all human rights defenders and other political prisoners; reiterates its deep concern at the imprisonment of Salijon Abdurakhmanov, an independent journalist, and Agzam Turgunov, a human rights activist; takes note of the Council's Conclusions of 13 October 2008 on Uzbekistan; urges the Uzbek authorities to accept the accreditation of the new Country Director of Human Rights Watch and to allow that organisation and other international organisations and NGOs to operate without hindrance; asks Uzbekistan to cooperate fully and effectively with the UN Special Rapporteurs on torture and on freedom of expression and to revoke restrictions on the registration and operation of NGOs in Uzbekistan; notes that the Council has decided not to renew the travel restrictions applying to certain individuals referred to in Common Position 2007/734/CFSP Council Common Position 2007/734/CFSP of 13 November 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Uzbekistan (OJ L 295, 14.11.2007, p.