15 December 2001 -- Mohammad Solih leaves Prague and flies to Norway
14 December 2001 -- Czech court frees Mohammad Solih
9 December 2001 -- The "Friendship" bridge across the Amu-Darya re-opens
6 December 2001 -- President Karimov says no confirmation that Juma Namangani is dead
6 December 2001 -- IT reports Uzbek government formally requests the Czech government extradite Mohammad Solih (CTK says request made 5 December)
6 December 2001 -- Parliament votes to hold referendum on extending President Karimov's term in office by two extra years, says 27 January will be the referendum date, with two questions on the ballot: "Do you agree that the next time, a bicameral parliament should be elected?" and "Do you agree to changing the constitutional term of presidential powers from five to seven years?"
28 November 2001 -- Erk leader Mohammad Solih detained on Interpol warrant at Prague airport, was visiting Prague on invitation of RFE/RL
26 November 2001 -- RTR reports Uzbekistan still waiting for proof Juma Namangani is dead
19 November 2001 -- Afghanistan's Abdul Rashid Dostum says Juma Namangani was killed in Kunduz
18 November 2001 -- Northern Alliance commander Mohammad Daoud says Juma Namangani was wounded in fighting in northern Afghanistan and later died in a Kabul hospital
16 November 2001 -- Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov visits United States, discusses U.S. aid package to Uzbekistan worth reported $100 million
13 November 2001 -- EBRD President Jean Lumierre visits, tells news conference Uzbekistan should trade more abroad and bring more foreign investment into the country, but says currency convertibility a must, announces 116.5 million euros in new loans, 77 million to go toward improving the railroad to move goods across the country
29 October 2001 -- Amendments made to the criminal code, reduces number of offenses punishable by death from eight to four, increases fines, and lowers number of charges required to take someone into custody
25 October 2001 -- Uzbek government says UN can use river barges from Termez for aid to Afghanistan
22 October 2001 -- Rotating chairman of the OSCE Mircea Geoana says OSCE ready to give more aid to Uzbekistan, but the government must do more to improve its human rights record
12 October 2001 -- Joint Uzbek-U.S. statement confirms that United States can use one Uzbek air base for campaign in Afghanistan
27 September 2001 -- Presidential spokesman Rustam Jamayev says Uzbekistan is ready to open its air space to United States
24 September 2001 -- IT reports U.S. Hercules C-130 transport planes spotted landing at the "Tuzel" airbase outside Tashkent
11 September 2001 -- Terrorist attacks on New York and Washington
30 August 2001 -- President Karimov turns down the "Jaloliddin Manguberdy" award, the country's second highest, which parliament wanted to give him for his services in establishing the independence of Uzbekistan
29 August 2001 -- President Karimov proposes that parliament cut the number of offenses punishable by death from eight to four, says in 1994 there were 13 articles of the criminal code that called for the death penalty
14 August 2001 -- Fergana regional court sentences six alleged members of Hezb ut-Tahrir to jail terms of nine to 18 years
7 July 2001 -- Police call sister of Sharukh Ruzimuradov, 44, to tell her Ruzimuradov is dead, deliver body to family later that day, Ruzimuradov was the branch head of the Birlik movement in Kashkadarya province, was arrested in June, security officers said they confiscated leaflets of an outlawed religious organization, ammunition, and drugs at the time of arrest
6 July 2001 -- Regional authorities announce "Tashkentskaya Pravda" and the Uzbek-language "Toshkent Haquqati" will be merged, only one editor needed so Alo Khojayev (see 18 June) loses his position
22 June 2001 -- EBRD announces it will cut in half its projected financing for Uzbekistan due to slowness in implementing reforms, country will now get $50 million instead of $100 million in 2001
18 June 2000 -- Editorial department of "Tashkentskaya Pravda" hold exhibit called "Without Censorship," editor Alo Khojayev covers part of a wall with articles that were banned from publication by Uzbek authorities, says it is a work in progress and invites journalists to contribute, within a few hours the wall is covered
14-15 June 2001 -- At Shanghai Forum summit in Shanghai, Uzbekistan admitted as full member, group changes name to Shanghai Cooperation Organization, agrees to create regional anti-terrorism center in Bishkek
11 June 2001 -- AP (RTR the next day) reports all 73 villagers from Surkhandarya province accused of helping IMU militants were found guilty at a closed-door trial, sentenced to prison terms of between three to 18 years
28 May 2001 -- Four trials of some 70 villagers from Surkhandarya province, accused of aiding the IMU the previous summer, start in Tashkent
9 April 2001 -- IMF representative in Uzbekistan Christopher Rosenberg leaves
27 March 2001 -- IMF says it is freezing relations with Uzbekistan and will not send a new representative to the country when the mandate of the current representative expires, says reforms are going too slowly
20 March 2001 -- Small group of people demonstrate in front of mayor's office in Tashkent protesting ill-treatment at the hands of the authorities, Uzbekistan Society for Human Rights spokesman Ruslan Sharipov says it is the first public act of protest since 1992
16 February 2001 -- IT reports that KEDO, an organization helping North Korea, will employ some 250 Uzbek citizens for work in North Korea, each to receive $110 monthly to build light-water nuclear reactors at Kumho
5 January 2001 -- IFX reports President Karimov issues decree requiring the Uzbek constitution be taught in schools
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