But then Karimov began to take on an unexpected role: a voice of moderation. With anti-Kyrgyz sentiments running high in Uzbekistan, Karimov doused any talk that Uzbekistan might intervene militarily in defense of ethnic Uzbeks across the border. Karimov offered messages of peace and reconciliation.
The mother of jailed Uzbek sports journalist Khairulla Khamidov says he will not appeal his conviction to a higher court.
The recent instability and violent interethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan have presented a stark test for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and for Kyrgyz neighbor Kazakhstan, which currently holds the OSCE's rotating chairmanship. Analysts fear that Kazakhstan is failing the test, putting its own national interests above its duties as head of the Eurasian region's premier security body.
A Kyrgyz Health Ministry press release said officials plan to transport a total of some 180 injured refugees back from Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan has terminated a key air-traffic agreement with neighboring Tajikistan and may temporarily close its airspace to Tajik aircraft.
The Russian human rights center Memorial has launched an online "museum" on the history of the Soviet labor and prison camps known as the gulag.
"Yusuf is going to die." That’s how Gulnora Juma, the wife of jailed Uzbek poet and political activist Yusuf Juma, summarized Juma’s plight at a recent discussion on Capitol Hill jointly sponsored by Freedom House and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
The United States, United Nations, European Union, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have praised Kyrgyzstan for conducting a peaceful constitutional referendum.
The United States says it hopes Kyrgyzstan will carry out "a fair and transparent" referendum this weekend on an amended constitution.
An exclave of Uzbekistan surrounded by Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken Oblast has been opened for transit of Kyrgyz vehicles and citizens.
A Kyrgyz interim government official says Russian authorities have not discussed with the new government the possibility of opening a military base in the southern Osh region.
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