Amnesty appeals for tortured prisoners

Amnesty International today called for Uzbekistan not to execute two prisoners it says were tortured to confess to murder.

Sat, 31 Jul, 2004 - 15:19

Amnesty International today called for Uzbekistan not to execute two prisoners it says were tortured to confess to murder.

The London-based human rights group said Ikram Mukhtarov, 24, and Yusuf Zhumayev, 21, faced imminent execution after exhausting all appeals for their murder convictions.

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