Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch talks to VOA Uzbek about Uzbekistan & its "atrocious" human rights record

“President Karimov says Uzbekistan is ‘building an independent democratic state’ that prioritizes ‘human interests, rights, and freedoms and the supremacy of the law.’ But he is merely attempting to add a democratic veneer to a dictatorial system,” says Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch.