On 13 May, a tiny group of people stood, holding banners, a few feet away from the Kyrgyz border with Uzbekistan.
"Islam Karimov is a dictator", "We will never forget Andijan,"
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Posted by londonerk on May 16, 2006
On 13 May, a tiny group of people stood, holding banners, a few feet away from the Kyrgyz border with Uzbekistan.
"Islam Karimov is a dictator", "We will never forget Andijan,"
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Posted by londonerk on May 13, 2006
The US has said Uzbekistan still owes an explanation for the killing of civilians by soldiers in the city of Andijan on 13 May one year ago.
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Posted by londonerk on May 11, 2006
Human Rights Watch has called on the international community to hold Uzbekistan to account over its violent crackdown in Andijan a year ago.
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Posted by londonerk on April 29, 2006
2005 Troops open fire on demonstrators. Eyewitnesses report deaths of hundreds of protesters.
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Posted by londonerk on April 24, 2006
We are Muslims, but not extremists. Calling protestors radical groups is a just tool for Karimov because he can do anything with these "Islamic extremists"
Eson, Tashkent
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Posted by londonerk on April 21, 2006
An Uzbek woman says she saw government troops open fire on unarmed civilians during protests in Andijan in May.
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Posted by londonerk on April 21, 2006
More than 40 people have been jailed in Uzbekistan over the bloody uprising in the eastern town of Andijan last May
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Posted by londonerk on April 21, 2006
Uzbek human rights activist Saidjahan Zainabiddinov, who witnessed last May's bloodshed in the eastern city of Andijan, has been put on trial.
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Posted by londonerk on April 21, 2006
Hundreds of people are thought to have died when violence erupted in the Uzbek city of Andijan on Friday 13 May. The BBC News website has compiled this account of how events unfolded, based on media reports, eyewitnesses and official statements.
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