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15 December 1992 -- Uzbek newspapers publish text of first constitution

12 December 1992 -- "Izvestiya" reports Tolib Yakubov and Alim Karimov of Birlik, and Nosir Zakir and Vasilya Inoyatova (Birlik Namangan branch), arrested when they return to Tashkent after attending "Human Rights and the Fate of the Nation" conference in Bishkek

9 December 1992 -- Supreme Soviet "unanimously" approves constitution, adopts presidential powers

7 December 1992 --Central council of HDP holds plenary session and decides President Karimov can remain head of party even though he is president, report says HDP has 360,000 members, and 320 of 500 MPs are HDP

19 October 1992 -- IFX reports men tried to beat Birlik leader Abdurakhim Pulat at Beruni metro station in Tashkent but Pulat's bodyguards repelled the attack

26 September 1992 -- Draft of new constitution published

24 September 1992 -- Birlik leaders give press conference, allege human rights violations, Democratic Russia movement monitors press conference

21 August 1992 -- Vice President Shukrulla Mirsaidov resigns as deputy

3 August 1992 -- IFX reports tax inspectors seize 192,000 rubles from Erk, claims that Erk received the money from Russian sponsor

18 July 1992 -- Police evict Birlik leaders Abdumannob Pulat and Mirolim Adylov from hospital where they were recovering from assassination attempt

4 July 1992 -- Birlik and Erk leaders meet in Tashkent, vow to work together

2 July 1992 -- Birlik and Erk hold rally in Tashkent

29 June 1992 -- Reported assassination attempt on Birlik leaders Abdumannob Pulat and Mirolim Adylov in Tashkent

28 May 1992 -- "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" reports Birlik leader Mirolim Adylov beaten in his legal firm's office in Tashkent, one week earlier, Ravshan Jurayev, leader of Birlik's youth organization, attacked in the street

24 May 1992 -- Birlik holds fifth congress in Tashkent

18 May 1992 -- Supreme Soviet adopts new constitution

16 May 1992 --CIS summit in Tashkent

15 May 1992 -- In Tashkent the presidents of Armenia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan sign the Treaty on Collective Security (Belarus, Azerbaijan and Georgia sign in 1993)

1 March 1992 -- IFX reports President Karimov appoints "nominees" of 12 regional councils to the post of hakim in their region (province), IFX says hakims elected by secret ballots by city residents, all are ethnic Uzbeks, all are members of HDP, which Karimov chairs

16-17 January 1992 -- Students riots in Tashkent (officials says two students die)

13 January 1992 -- Supreme Soviet elects Abduhashim Mutalov as prime minister

11 January 1992 -- Supreme Soviet gives Karakapalkistan republic status

8 January 1992 -- Ubaidulla Abdurazzakov appointed foreign minister

4 January 1992 -- President Islam Karimov takes oath of office of president