Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Confirms Andijon Trials Closed

Previous Andijon trial (RFE/RL)

1 December 2005 -- Uzbekistan's Supreme Court today confirmed that closed trials are taking place of another 58 people over May's mass violence in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon.

TEXT SIZE - +

December 01, 2005

The court released a statement saying that those on trial are accused of crimes of murder, terrorism, and other crimes.

Two of the trials are being held in the towns of Yangibozor and Tuytepa, near Tashkent. Two other trials are being held in the towns of Gulistan and Yangier, both some 100 kilometers outside the capital.

The court says that the trials are being conducted behind closed doors for security reasons.

These are the latest known trials after the sentencing last month of 15 men to jail terms of up to 20 years over the Andijon events.

(AFP)

Aftermath Of Andijon

A dedicated webpage bringing together all of RFE/RL's coverage of the events in Andijon, Uzbekistan, in May 2005 and their continuing repercussions.

CHRONOLOGY

An annotated timeline of the Andijon events and their repercussions.

Attack Of The Cloned Websites...This Time In Uzbekistan

A website has been set up to mirror the site of RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, in what could be a phishing scheme to harvest user information. More

A vendor in the central Bosnian town of Zenica sells heart-shaped cushions with proclamations of love for 1 euro each.

Love It (Or Hate It), It's Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, the Western holiday celebrating love, has become a global phenomenon over the past two decades. The fall of communism and the emergence of the Internet have helped February 14 become something of an unofficial international day of romance. However, not all the passions the holiday stirs are related to love. While some countries have openly embraced the holiday, others are attempting to ban it or replace it with local customs. More

Production and distribution of rap music is not officially banned, but it

Yo! Turkmen Rappers Flip The Script On Repression

For a growing number of Turkmen youth, rap music has become a way to express their daily struggles and inspire political change in one of the world's most oppressive countries. More