The uprising in Andijon on 14 May 9 September 2005 -- The Uzbek opposition party Free Peasants accused the government today of falsifying the results of its investigation into the May uprising in Andijon, which ended in the deaths of scores of people.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Kulov (file photo) Bishkek officials are reacting to Uzbek authorities' accusations that the Andijon uprising was planned by Islamic militants at a terrorist base in southern Kyrgyzstan. Heads of the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry and the Security Council ruled out the allegations, saying no terrorists were trained in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov said the porous borders with Uzbekistan must be strengthened to prevent terrorist activities in future.
Uzbek refugees before leaving Kyrgyzstan Uzbek refugees who fled to Kyrgyzstan in the aftermath of the Andijon violence on 12-13 May were flown to Romania in July. They now say they are satisfied with conditions in a refugee camp in Timisoara. But it is not yet clear when they will be resettled to a country of permanent residence. The refugees are also demanding an independent probe into the Andijon uprising. RFE/RL correspondent Saida Kalkulova recently traveled to Timisoara and filed this report from a refugee camp.
Construction workers in Tajikistan 7 September 2005 -- A UN report today said Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are two regions lagging behind in human development.
Troops in Andijon after the May uprising Tashkent, 7 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Uzbek Prosecutor-General Rashid Kadyrov today said 25 security personnel are being charged with criminal negligence for failing to prevent a recent uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon.
Four months later, what are the effects of the Andijon events? The horrific violence that struck Andijon in May unfolded in the space of 24 hours. But the struggle to define the event -- to reveal the facts and to explain their significance -- continues. Inside Uzbekistan, the struggle to define Andijon has been fierce, pitting Uzbek officialdom and the media and means at its disposal against a limited number of nongovernment media and a small community of activists who have no other access to the broader public. The result has been, to quote Uzbek President Islam Karimov, an "information war" that has already claimed its first casualties and is poised to provide the troubling backdrop to whatever will happen next in Uzbekistan.
Uzbek authorities said that those who fled to Kyrgyzstan in mid-May were criminals The Andijon uprising was planned by Islamic militants from three groups -- the Islamic Movement of Turkestan, Hizb ut-Tahir, and Akramiya -- at a terrorist base in southern Kyrgyzstan. That, at least, is what investigators from Uzbekistan’s Prosecutor-General's Office told an Uzbek parliamentary commission yesterday. The commission was set up by President Islam Karimov to investigate the mid-May unrest in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon. RFE/RL reports on the new initiative by Tashkent, which some are calling a new “war” launched against neighboring Bishkek for its refusal to extradite Andijon protesters who have sought refuge in Kyrgyzstan.
Andijon, Uzbekistan on 14 May 6 September 2005 -- Uzbek prosecutors said a group of 15 people will be the first to go on trial for their alleged role in an antigovernment uprising that was brutally suppressed by troops in the eastern city of Andijon in May.
Bishkek, 1 September 2005 -- A top Kyrgyz energy official today said Uzbekistan has agreed to partially resume natural gas shipments to Kyrgyzstan.
Prague, 1 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Amnesty International today criticized Uzbekistan for putting off its intended abolition of the death penalty until 2008.
1 September 2005 -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov called for public vigilance against what he called "forces of evil intentions among neighboring and distant nations."
Uzbek President Islam Karimov (file photo) 1 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today reaffirmed Russia's friendship with Uzbekistan as the Central Asian country marks Independence Day.
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