All assurances by the Uzbek authorities about ongoing reforms—their so called commitment to international law and aspiration for democratic development—are nothing more than a carefully orchestrated campaign to polish the image of the
Amid heightened secrecy, a trial continues in Uzbekistan involving Lieutenant Colonel Valijon Rakhmanov, an officer from the Military Counterintelligence Directorate of Uzbekistan's State Security Service (SSS), accused of spying for the United States
