One of the victims of the violence in Andijon is laid to rest (file photo) (epa)
PRAGUE, August 23, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) has called on Uzbekistan to investigate a recent incident in which a human rights activist was assaulted in the presence of police.
The Vienna-based IHF says about 20 women burst into the home of the activist, Bakhtiyor Hamroev, in the city of Jizzakh as he was meeting on August 18 with a delegation from the British Embassy.
The IHF says police officers witnessed the attack and belatedly dispersed the crowd.
The women reportedly shout they did not want a "second Andijon" to happen in Jizzakh, a reference to a government crackdown in the eastern city of Andijon in May 2005. Officially, 187 people died in the unrest, but rights groups say hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed.