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Front Line Central Asia: Threats, Attacks, Arrests and Harassment of Human Rights Defenders

In Central Asia 2006 was marked by a strong trend towards limiting the rights to freedom of expression and association and making life as difficult as possible for human rights defenders. Human rights defenders are particularly vulnerable to attack when they highlight the absence of democracy, the abuse of power, corruption or the use of torture.