Jaslyk Prison ( uz, Jaslik, Жаслик, ) was a detention facility in
Karakalpakstan
Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...
in north-west
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
where human rights activists and ex-inmates alleged that torture was widespread.
Former prisoners include Muzafar Avazov, who was
apparently boiled to death.
The prison, officially known by the codename UYA 64/71, was located in a former Soviet military base once used for testing chemical warfare protection equipment. It was established in 1999. The prison was opened to contain thousands of people arrested following
bombings in the capital, Tashkent, and as of 2012 held 5,000–7,000 people according to
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...
.
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The prison was shut down by Uzbekistan's president, ]Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek Latin: ''Shavkat Miromonovich (Miromon o‘g‘li) Mirziyoyev'', Uzbek Cyrillic: Шавкат Миромонович (Миромон ўғли) Мирзиёев ; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician ...
, in September 2019.
References
External links
IWPR report
Prisons in Uzbekistan
Closed military installations
Military installations of the Soviet Union
1999 establishments in Uzbekistan
Military installations with year of closure missing
Soviet chemical weapons program
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