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Thursday, 27 May 2004
TAJIK WOMEN SAY HUSBANDS, SONS ENDURE TORTURE
By empty (5/27/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The wives and mothers of suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members in custody told a 26 May news conference that their husbands and children are being tortured. The NGO Fourth Power organized the news conference in Khujand, where 14 suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members were arrested on 9 February. Parvona Firuz of Fourth Power told Asia-Plus, \"The suspects\' mothers said that the detainees had been tortured, beaten, and humiliated during the first months their detention in order to force them to plead guilty.
The wives and mothers of suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members in custody told a 26 May news conference that their husbands and children are being tortured. The NGO Fourth Power organized the news conference in Khujand, where 14 suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members were arrested on 9 February. Parvona Firuz of Fourth Power told Asia-Plus, \"The suspects\' mothers said that the detainees had been tortured, beaten, and humiliated during the first months their detention in order to force them to plead guilty.\" The women have drawn up an appeal that they intend to pass on to President Rakhmonov. (Asia-Plus Blitz)