Louise Arbour (file photo) (AFP) 23 December 2005 -- The United Nations' top human rights official today called on the Uzbek government to respect international judicial standards.
Zokir Almatov (file photo) (RFE/RL) 23 December 2005 -- Uzbekistan's Interior Ministry today confirmed that Zakir Almatov handed in his resignation on 22 December.
23 December 2005 -- Uzbekistan's Supreme Court says it has sentenced 37 more people to prison terms for allegedly participating in last May's violence in the eastern city of Andijon.
<p>22 December 2005 -- The Uzbek opposition group Sunshine Uzbekistan said today it refused an offer from prosecutors to pay a 200,000-dollar fine to secure the release of activist Nodira Khidoyatova.</p>
President George W. Bush launched his second term with an inauguration speech that dedicated U.S. foreign policy to spreading freedom and democracy in the world, and Washington duly set in motion new efforts to stir democratic change, especially in the Middle East. But, so far, the results have been mixed, with developments in the former Soviet Union highlighting the challenges facing the administration.
A tumultuous year in Central Asia included a largely bloodless revolution in Kyrgyzstan, the bloody suppression of dissent in Uzbekistan, and a landslide presidential victory in Kazakhstan.
Former Interior Minister Almatov (file photo) (official site) Prague, 22 December 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Zokir Almatov has resigned as Uzbekistan's Interior Minister, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports.
21 December 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan opposition leader Yunus Qanuni was elected president of Afghanistan's lower house of parliament today, narrowly beating an ally to President Hamid Karzai.
Uzbek Interior Minister Zokir Almatov has left Germany after a lawsuit was filed against him there for human rights abuses tied to the brutal crackdown in Andijon in May.
Eight Uzbeks were forcibly returned from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan last month, a leading international rights organization says.
20 December 2005 -- Prosecutors in Tashkent announced today that an Uzbek opposition activist has been charged with economic crimes and is under arrest after returning from a trip to Russia.
Uzbek President Islam Karimov (file photo) (AFP) 20 December 2005 -- Prosecutors in Tashkent announced today that an Uzbek opposition activist has been charged with economic crimes and is under arrest after returning from a trip to Russia.
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