in connection with that hearing, [Yusuf] Juma's fugitive wife and a third son told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service that their jailed family members have been "tortured," including being forced to watch the other sibling being beaten.Juma, his son Bobur, and other family members conducted a "picket on wheels" in their hometown of Bukhara ahead of the December presidential election to call for a boycott and the resignation of Karimov, who won a controversial new term that appears to violate a constitutional ban on third terms.
from Radio Free Europe: Radio Liberty: Uzbekistan: Family Says Jailed Poet, Sons Are Being Tortured
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