Rice made the comments in Washington in a speech to a conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Rice singled Uzbekistan for failing to respect human rights -- despite Uzbekistan helping the United States in the war on terror by allowing the U.S. military to set up bases there for operations in Afghanistan.
Washington has held up some foreign aid to Uzbekistan over human rights violations by President Islam Karimov's government and has threatened to withhold more over the shooting of civilians in May.
Rice also criticized Belarus for human rights violations.
(dpa)
Rice singled Uzbekistan for failing to respect human rights -- despite Uzbekistan helping the United States in the war on terror by allowing the U.S. military to set up bases there for operations in Afghanistan.
Washington has held up some foreign aid to Uzbekistan over human rights violations by President Islam Karimov's government and has threatened to withhold more over the shooting of civilians in May.
Rice also criticized Belarus for human rights violations.
(dpa)
