 | Uzbekistan: Surviving the Monkey Cage — Sanjar's Story
 | | Sanjar Umarov lifted his pants legs and rolled down his socks to show the scars that criss-crossed his ankles. Umarov, a former political prisoner from Uzbekistan, said the scars served as a permanent reminder of his time in the "monkey cage," a cell that left prisoners exposed to the outdoors. His first time in that cell, the frigid winter almost killed him. He and the other prisoners, wearing only lightweight shirts and pants, rocked back and forth to keep warm and stay alive.
The second time, it was his fellow prisoners who almost did him in. Guards threw him in the cage after Umarov refused to sign a confession saying the United States gave him $20 million to overthrow Uzbekistan's government. Other prisoners in the cell were ordered to make him sign. They beat him, broke his thumb, and choked him, damaging his vocal chords and leaving him with a permanently gravely voice.
Before he was imprisoned on trumped-up charges, Umarov was a leading businessman in Uzbekistan, helping found the country's main telecom network.  | Dispatches: For North Korea, No More 'Business as Usual'
Shin Dong-Hyuk, the only known escapee of North Korea's notorious Camp 14, made a powerful and eloquent plea today to the international community: "Save our brothers and sisters who are suffering without freedom in North Korea." Secretary of State John Kerry said, "Human rights abuses that go on inside North Korea are unfathomable to nearly the entire world and should have no place in the 21st century."
|  | Saudi Arabia: No Women on Asian Games Team
Saudi Arabia plans to send 199 men to the 2014 Asian Games, but zero women. Saudi officials should ensure that women are included in future competitions. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that, as a matter of policy, still effectively bars girls from taking part in sport in government schools.
| | Nepal: Conflict-Era Rapes Go Unpunished
For more than 10 years already, these women have suffered in silence and fear while the perpetrators have walked free. Justice and reparations for women who suffered sexual assault is long overdue unfinished business from Nepal's civil war.
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