This week, the Regional Representatives of the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman), together with members of the Public Groups on the Prevention of Torture under the Ombudsman, conducted monitoring visits to a number of closed institutions that house persons with restricted freedom of movement in Bukhara, Samarkand, Surkhandarya, Andijan, Khorezm regions, and the city of Tashkent.
Reports have circulated on social media stating that the "Ombudsman’s Box" at Penal Colony No. 22 in Zangiota District was illegally opened by the Deputy Prosecutor of the region and the administration of the colony.
