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Tashkent turns to Moscow : Uzbekistan no longer has a choice.

by Lev Vershinine

Moscow (Russia) | 30 May 2013

Islam Karimov, the divine leader of the Uzbeki nation, managed for years to maintain a position mid-way between the Kremlin and the White House. He never stopped flirting with one while annoying the other - or vice versa. However, the US project for destabilising Central Asia by replacing the (…)

US Switching From Afghanistan to Central Asia

Moscow (Russia) | 31 July 2011

The hypothesis that the US is planning a partial relocation of its military infrastructures from Afghanistan to Central Asia appears to be gaining momentum. A dead giveaway, according to columnist Aleksandr Shustov, is the heigthened intensity of Washington’s diplomatic transactions with (…)

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International of Torture: The Documents the Crown Would Like to Censor

London (United Kingdom) | 11 July 2006

The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has forbidden Craig Murray to publish documents he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and Freedom of Data Act, which clearly show the responsibility of the Crown in the International of torture. Having not dared resorting to (…)

Javier Solana recalls the obligations of the Uzbek authorities on the first anniversary of the events of 12 and 13 May in Andizhan

Brussels (Belgium) | 12 May 2006

"I would like today to join with many others around the world in extending my sympathies once
again to the families and friends of those who died in the tragic events which took place in
Andizhan, Uzbekistan, on 12-13 May 2005.
It is with great regret that I note the continuing refusal of (…)

“A barrier to Islamic evil”

by Reuven Daniel

1 July 2005

The recent developments in Uzbekistan, in which a lot of people died, were not, as interpreted by a great number of organizations and Western governments, a battle for human rights, a battle of the good against the bad. This uprising was organized by fundamentalists who claim to be an innocent (…)

“Sanjar Umarov: leader of " The Coalition for National Unity, Sunshine Uzbekistan "

by Sanjar Umarov

24 June 2005

In 1991, I took part in the establishment of the first USSR mobile telephone company: Uzdunrobita, with U.S. investments. That first project, like the independence of the country, led me to promote foreign investments in farming. That allowed me to create in 1992 the Republican Union for Foreign (…)

“Interview With a Surviving Uzbek Rebel From Akramiva”

by Rustam

24 June 2005

Our organization has always defended non-violent methods, we fight against the regime’s tyranny and the lack of rights. We have nothing against the state and there is no radicalism at all in the book written by our leader Akram Yuldashev. The authorities try to scare the whole world with that (…)

“Russia Could Lose Uzbekistan”

by Barkhom Khamkhoiev

24 June 2005

Russian Foreign Minister’s statements about the Andizhan events show lack of reliable information. In Smolensk, it is the information sent by Karimov that is used. The situation must be analyzed as a whole. In the context of that clan struggle, Americans try to find an ally in the opposition, (…)

The rebellion of Uzbek traders

16 May 2005

Considering the riots in Fergana Valley, President Karimov chose the use of force. However, the repression can’t put an end to such a revolt, unless it causes a lot of bloodsheds, something Washington and London would only condemn verbally due to their ties with the dictatorship, points out (…)

"What drives support for this torturer?"

by Craig Murray

16 May 2005

The bodies of hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in Uzbekistan are scarcely cold but the White House is already looking for ways to dismiss them. Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said they were “Islamic terrorists” of the armed resistance and that they should have sought for a (…)

"What do the attacks in Andijan hide?"

by Semih Vaner

16 May 2005

A violent uprising left several dozens of people dead on Friday in Andijan, an important city of eastern Uzbekistan to where President Islam Karimov urgently traveled and where the army fired their weapons against the crowd. These riots took place after three suicide attacks against the US and (…)

"The people is unhappy"

by Reinhard Krumm

16 May 2005

In Andijan, 23 businessmen are accused of being religious extremists but, according to some people, they are respected by their fellow citizens. That is why several of their friends and relatives attacked the prison and freed other prisoners. Afterwards, a crowd mainly comprised of peaceful (…)

“Tashkent Has Been Deprived of its Voice”

by Oleg Panfilov

16 May 2005

The problem of Uzbekistan and of other countries of Central Asia, as well as of most countries of the CIS, is not having developed a political culture throughout Soviet history. To be more precise, as there were never dissidents, there is no tradition of political debate. Independent Uzbekistan (…)

“The Karimov Régime is Comparable to Rumania on the Eve of Ceauşescu’s Fall”

by Alexei Makarkin

16 May 2005

Muslims are very active in Uzbekistan and for some time have been studying how to overthrow Karimov. Although in Tajikistan the opposition obtained some power after the civil war-and although in Kyrgyzstan as much as in Turkmenistan, Islam has never played a major role-Uzbekistan was already one (…)

“In Uzbekistan the Average Muslim is Often Considered an Extremist”

by Shirin Hunter

16 May 2005

It is possible that the Hizb ut Tahrir has contacts with other groups, maybe it has infiltrated in them, but in my opinion, it is not a centralized organization; it uses different methods in different places. Anyway, they are far from being extremists that incite holy war and murder. In (…)