The judges at the Andijon trial (file photo) 26 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The trial of several people accused of launching a May antigovernment uprising in Uzbekistan opened its second week in Tashkent today.
President Rakhmonov (file photo) 23 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov said today during a visit to the eastern part of his country that there would never be a U.S. military base in Tajikistan.
The timing of the exercises couldn't be better for President Karimov (file photo) Russia and Uzbekistan have been engaged in joint military exercises this week, the first the two countries have ever held. Such an event was unthinkable just a few years ago but ties between the two countries have been warming. And though the exercises were already being planned last year, analysts say they could not come at a better time for Uzbekistan.
Prosecutors in the Andijon trial on 20 September 23 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The trial of several people accused of launching an antigovernment uprising in Uzbekistan continued in Tashkent today.
23 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Uzbek Defense Minister Kadyr Gulomov are scheduled today to watch the first joint military exercises between their country's forces without international supervision since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Tashkent courtroom where the Andijon trial is being held (file photo) 22 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Defendants accused of launching an antigovernment uprising in Uzbekistan reiterated their guilt today and denied allegations by human rights groups that their confessions were coerced through torture.
Sergei Ivanov 22 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov is due to meet with Uzbek Prime Minister Savkat Mirziyoev and National Security Service chief Rustam Inoyatov today as he continues an official visit to Tashkent.
Prosecutors of the Andijon case in court on 20 September The first 15 people accused of involvement in the May violence in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon have plead guilty. Their guilty pleas, registered as they appeared in a Tashkent court yesterday, provide an early indication that the court proceedings will follow a well-developed pattern for terrorism trials in Uzbekistan. RFE/RL speaks with a human rights defender who has attended previous terror trials in Uzbekistan to learn how the Andijon trials are likely to go from here.
Prosecutors in the Andijon case 21 September 2005 -- The first of 15 defendants on trial over the May violence in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon today confessed to charges of launching the revolt.
Prisoners in the court in Tashkent 20 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The first 15 defendants to go on trial over the May violence in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon all pleaded guilty today on the opening day of their trial.
20 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. Defense Department says it will pay Uzbekistan what it owes for the use of an air base used by U.S.-led coalition forces operating in Afghanistan.
Rioting in Andijon on 14 May (epa) Below is an annotated timeline of the crisis that erupted in Andijon in May and the many consequences of the government's crackdown on the demonstrators.
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