Andijan Trial in Germany?
Written by Nick on Friday, 16 December 2005
Politics and Society, Uzbekistan2 Comments
Politics and Society, Uzbekistan2 Comments
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This probably puts the seal on the division between Uzbekistan and the West, if it wasn’t already evident before. Of course, numerous legal hurdles need to be jumped before, I suspect, Almatov appears in a court. Nevertheless, this may ultimately be a roundabout-route of conducting an international inquiry into the events of 13th May.
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Seems like german bureaucrazy reacted too slow. “SpiegelOnline� got to know and reports today that “Sakir Almatow is no longer treated in the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover�
Lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck (who filed the case for HRW) said “Almatov is no longer on german territory�.
(Source: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,391258,00.html)
There is a small chance that nevertheless international prosecution will be started, in this case the world would indeed get smaller for Mr. Almatov.
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