Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any...

Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any statistics on the use of the death penalty, which remains classified as a state secret, Amensty International said.
AI is seriously concerned that Uzbekistan continues to pass death sentences and to execute those convicted. The fact that a substantial number of men sentenced to death have alleged that they were tortured in pre-trial detention greatly heightened this concern.
The organization is also concerned at the way in which relatives of prisoners condemned to death are treated by the Uzbek authorities causing unnecessary distress and in itself constituting cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The family is not informed of the date of execution and does not have the right to receive the body of the executed man, which is buried in an unmarked grave in an undisclosed location. In scores of cases, the family have not been notified of the death of the prisoner until months after the execution has taken place. In some cases the family may not even receive a death certificate.