Book Description

Two briefings of the Comm. on Security and Coop. in Europe (CSCE). (1) U.S. Policy in Central Asia and Human Rights Concerns; participants: Ronald McNamara, CSCE; Lawrence Uzzell, Keston Inst.; E. Wayne Merry, Amer. Foreign Policy Council; and Nina Shea, U.S. Comm. on Internat. Religious Freedom. (2) Escalating Violence and Rights Violations in Central Asia; participants: Christopher Smith and Michael Ochs, CSCE; Vitaly Pononaryov, Central Asia Program, Memorial Human Rights Center; Atanzar Arifov, Uzbekistan's Erk Party and former political prisoner; Pulat Akhunov, Central Asian Assoc. of Sweden; and Abdusalom Ergashev, Org. of Uzbekistan.