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	Uzbekistan Information Center - media influencing afghani population uzbekistan
		Uzbekistan is a dry, double-landlocked country of which 10% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys.
		Uzbekistan uzbekistan airways was one of the poorest areas of the former Soviet Union with more than 60% of its population living in densely populated rural joint venture uzbekistan canada chemical communities.
		Uzbekistan was an active supporter of U.S. efforts against worldwide silk trade in uzbekistan terrorism and joined the coalitions that have dealt with both Afghanistan and Iraq.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_T_-_Z/Uzbekistan.html (3047 words)

	Uzbek unrest spreads, toll 700
		Unrest spread through eastern Uzbekistan after a crackdown by security forces left up to 500 dead in Andijan, with disturbances reaching three other towns -- including one that reportedly left 200 dead.
		The clashes in the region bordering Kyrgyzstan were the worst since Uzbekistan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
		The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/16uzbek.htm (480 words)

	Top20Uzbekistan.com - Your Top20 Guide to Uzbekistan!
		Uzbekistan was one of the poorest areas of the former Soviet Union with more than 60% of its population living in densely populated rural communities.
		Uzbekistan is now the world's third largest cotton exporter, the seventh world major producer of gold and natural gas, and a regionally significant producer of chemicals and machinery.
		Uzbekistan had been one of the poorest republics of the Soviet Union; much of its population was engaged in cotton farming in small rural communities.
	www.top20uzbekistan.com (3014 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - UNREST IN UZBEKISTAN MAY DESTABILIZE THE REGION
		The situation in Uzbekistan was complicated by the fact that the so-called Islamic extremists found refuge in the country's Fergana Valley.
		But it would be too simple to explain the current unrest in Andizhan by the new revival of Islamism, though the city has been a center of unofficial opposition Islamic movement of Uzbekistan since the early 1990s.
		Uzbekistan is a member of the SCO but halted its membership in the CSTO in 1999.
	en.rian.ru /world/20050513/39977715.html (713 words)

	NCSJ - Uzbekistan page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Uzbekistan has a parliamentary system of government with an executive, legislative and judicial branch.
		Uzbekistan was among the poorest of the Soviet republics, but following independence did not experience as drastic an economic downturn as most of the other successor states, due to its postponement of macroeconomic and structural reforms.
		Uzbekistan is the world’s second-largest cotton exporter as well as a major exporter of gold and natural gas, but plummeting world cotton and gold prices have had a sizeable impact on the Uzbek economy, which sank into recession in 1999.
	www.ncsj.org /Uzbekistan.shtml (1995 words)

	United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Media Room: 2005 Press Releases: Testimony by Michael ...
		In April 2005, the Commission found the government of Uzbekistan to be responsible for severe human rights violations, including freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief and recommended to the Secretary of State that Uzbekistan be named a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), according to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
		Uzbekistan has a highly restrictive law on religion that severely limits the ability of religious communities to function and that criminalizes all unregistered religious activity.
		There are, according to the 2004 State Department human rights report, approximately 5,500 prisoners in Uzbekistan who have been convicted because they choose to exercise their faith outside the state’s control or who the government claims are associated with extremist groups.
	www.uscirf.gov /events/cong_testimony/2005/may/05192005_Uzbekistan.html (1811 words)

	CNN.com - Observers assess Uzbek death toll - May 18, 2005
		ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan -- Foreign diplomats and journalists have arrived in the Uzbek city of Andijan to assess the death toll from the country's recent explosion of violence.
		Uzbekistan's government on Wednesday took foreign diplomats to the town where witnesses said troops shot dead hundreds of people but did not show them the actual site of the massacre.
		The unrest, which began Thursday, is the worst since Uzbekistan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/uzbekistan.unrest/index.html (818 words)

	United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Media Room: 2005 Press Releases: Uzbekistan: Commissioner ...
		Given recent events in Uzbekistan, the briefing will examine policy options for Washington and Tashkent, the causes of the current crisis, the history of the regime, including its record of human rights abuses, and the regime’s relationship to the United States.
		In April 2005, the Commission recommended to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the State Department designate Uzbekistan a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, in accordance with the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act due to its egregious, systematic, and ongoing violations of religious freedom.
		Many of those recommendations were formulated on the basis of a Commission trip to Uzbekistan in October 2004, when the Commission met with government officials, human rights activists, religious leaders, and former prisoners in the Ferghana Valley, including in Andijon, as well as in Tashkent and Samarkand.
	www.uscirf.gov /mediaroom/press/2005/may/05192005_uzbekistan.html (586 words)

	Uzbekistan
		On March 29, 2005, a court in the Syrdarya region sentenced seven successful food vendors from the town of Bakht to prison sentences of 8 to 9 years on charges of anti-constitutional activity, religious extremism, and tax evasion, based on their alleged membership in Akromiylar.
		The decision was upheld by an appellate court on May 3, 2005, and by the Supreme Court on May 21, 2005.
		On April 30, 2005, an official at the MVD confirmed reports that a Chilonzor District inspector was disciplined in connection with a case involving actions taken against Baptist members Flyura Valitova and Farkhod Khamedov.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51590.htm (9474 words)

	UZBEKISTAN: Unrest Likely to Resurface, Experts Say
		Unrest is likely to reappear also ''because of the pattern in the rest of the former Soviet Union,'' she said.
		Uzbekistan has rich oil and cotton resources, but its Muslims have seen little of the benefit of that under the government of Karimov, who was made president by the former Supreme Soviet back on March 24, 1990.
		Across from Uzbekistan, the unrest is likely to spread alarm in most Central Asian Republics, she said.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=28695 (632 words)

	Opinion: Unrest in Uzbekistan
		It is estimated that Uzbekistan's prisons have held more than 6,000 political prisoners, with some being boiled alive.
		Other than the outcry of international human rights groups, Karimov has received little opprobrium for his brutality because he is considered a strategic ally both in terms of access to the potentially rich Caspian oil fields and in the war on terrorism.
		The international community is right to blame the Uzbek government for the unrest.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/05/21/Opinion/Unrest_in_Uzbekistan.shtml (406 words)

	May 2005 Military News
		Pakistan reacts cautiously to Newsweek's retraction IRNA 17 May 2005 -- Pakistan on Tuesday gave cautious reaction to an announcement by the US-based publication Newsweek retracting its controversial story on desecration of Holy Qur'an in Guantanamo Bay prison.
		Uzbekistan: Authorities Try To Control Reporting On Crisis RFE/RL 17 May 2005 -- Uzbek authorities are doing everything to impose a media flout on reporting about the recent violence in eastern Uzbekistan.
		Uzbekistan: EU Urges Tashkent To Refrain From Further Use Of Force RFE/RL 17 May 2005 -- The European Commission says it is "deeply concerned" by the violence in Uzbekistan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/05/05-17_index.htm (1304 words)

	Tajik
		KORASUV, Uzbekistan -- The leader of a group of rebels claiming to control this Uzbek border town said Wednesday that he and his supporters intend to build an Islamic state and were ready to fight if government...
		KORASUV, Uzbekistan - The leader of a group of rebels claiming to control this Uzbek border town said Wednesday that he and his supporters intend to build an Islamic state and were ready to fight if government...
		Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov is one of Central Asia's most autocratic leaders, running a repressive regime which retains many aspects of its Soviet past.
	archive.wn.com /2005/05/18/1400/tajik (618 words)

	Uzbekistan: Journalist Igor Rotar detained at Tashkent airport - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Amnesty International is concerned that recent unrest in Uzbekistan, in particular the events in Andizhan in May 2005, have been used by the authorities to justify a further clampdown on dissent and freedom of expression, association and assembly in the name of “national security” and the “war on terror”.
		Freedom of expression is under threat in Uzbekistan and journalists and human rights activists have been prevented from doing their job and disseminating information.
		According to information available to Amnesty International, during the night of 12-13 May, a group of unidentified armed men broke into the jail of the city of Andizhan, reportedly freeing hundreds of prisoners, and later taking hostages and occupying a local government building.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR620192005 (547 words)

	Uzbekistan's independent media face reprisals after Andijan unrest
		TASHKENT, 26 May 2005 (IRIN) - Independent journalists and local reporters working for foreign media, who witnessed recent violence in the eastern city of Andijan, came under increased pressure and were subjected to serious criticism, as Uzbekistan faces continuing demands for an independent international investigation into the killings of 13 May.
		The version of the 13 May violence presented by witnesses, rights groups and reported by journalists in Andijan, directly contradicted the government one - that holds that 169 people died when troops opened fire on demonstrators.
		Uzbek authorities blamed foreign media outlets for lying about the unrest, when soldiers, called to disperse the rally, fired indiscriminately into the crowd killing between 500 and 1,000 people, mainly civilians, according to witnesses, rights groups and the opposition.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/may/1221.html (591 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Unrest in Uzbekistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HUNDREDS were killed in a military crackdown in Uzbekistan after anti-government protests turned violent.
		He asserted that the party is very active in Uzbekistan, however, and that it will overthrow Karimov's regime through peaceful means.
		As for the international reactions, the United States has been mild in its criticism as Uzbekistan has a US military base and is considered an alley in Washington's war on terror.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/743/in1.htm (570 words)

	US adds voice of protest as unrest spreads in Uzbekistan \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Unrest spread across eastern Uzbekistan yesterday and fears grew of mass arrests as troops surrounded a border village and the state sought to stamp its authority on a region in revolt.
		Uzbekistan, where the autocratic President Islam Karimov has ruled since Soviet times, had a political system that was "too closed", she said.
		There were also reports yesterday that hundreds more may have died over the weekend in clashes and continued unrest along the border between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1485524,00.html (616 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The protests were triggered in the eastern city of Andijan by the trial of 23 local businessmen on charges of religious extremism, a claim observers say used by the government to crack down on activists.
		Uzbekistan, an impoverished agrarian state of 26 million, came under criticism from several Western human rights groups for the mass jailing of Muslims who did not subscribe to state-sponsored Islam.
		Meanwhile, London’s former ambassador to the Central Asian country said his country and the US share in the blame for the deadly unrest in Uzbekistan because of their support for the authoritarian regime there.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2005-05/15/article05.shtml (1108 words)

	Andijan massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uzbek troops fired into a crowd of protesters in an attempt to squash civil unrest in the eastern city of Andijan, Uzbekistan in May 2005.
		On May 13th, the businessmen were freed by an armed group who led a prison break, took over the local government building, and held several law enforcement and government officials hostage.
		On October 3, 2005 the European Union approved an arms embargo on Uzbekistan and decided to deny visas to top Uzbek officials, in response to an "excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force" and because of the country's refusal to allow an independent inquiry into the events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/May_2005_unrest_in_Uzbekistan (2677 words)

	Uzbekistan unrest exposes US double standards -DAWN - International; May 18, 2005
		The information may be untrue, but it is valuable because it feeds into the US agenda.
		In 2002, the US gave Uzbekistan over $500m in aid, including $120m in military aid and $80m in security aid.
		The US will fund “human rights” training in Uzbekistan but not help for the democratic opposition, in contrast to its policy elsewhere in the former Soviet Union.
	www.dawn.com /2005/05/18/int7.htm (827 words)

	CNN.com - Uzbek opposition says 745 died - May 16, 2005
		Unrest is the bloodiest in Uzbekistan's post-Soviet history
		Khidoyatova said her party had arrived at the figure by speaking to relatives of those killed, and the count was continuing.
		At a news conference on Monday, Straw said the actions of the Uzbek authorities "plainly cannot be justified" and demanded immediate access to Andijan for the International Red Cross, foreign diplomats and journalists.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/uzbekistan.unrest (454 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Kyrgyzstan asks for international help against fundamentalism, unrest from Uzbekistan
		Unrest in Uzbekistan, where security forces cracked down on protesters this month, "is considered by some forces as an opportunity," Sarygulov said.
		The European Union won't suspend or reduce its financial aid to Uzbekistan despite a government crackdown on protesters that is feared to have left hundreds dead, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Monday.
		A rebel leader deepened the crisis in eastern Uzbekistan by announcing an Islamic uprising in his border town, as diplomats and U.N. officials toured the eastern city of Andijan under government escort Wednesday to investigate widely differing accounts of recent bloodshed.
	newsfromrussia.com /cis/2005/05/25/59971.html (1706 words)

	US Appeals for Restraint in Uzbekistan Amid Civil Unrest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said the latest reports from Uzbekistan suggest the situation is easing, but with a continued flow of Uzbeks seeking refuge in neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
		At a news briefing, he said the United States is deeply disturbed by reports Uzbek authorities fired on demonstrators last Friday, and condemns the indiscriminate use of force against unarmed civilians.
		On the other hand, he said it is undeniable that Uzbekistan has faced a terrorism problem by real extremists trying to kill people and violently overthrow the government, and that they need to be dealt with as well.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-05-16-voa37.cfm (629 words)

	500 killed in Uzbek unrest
		Close to 500 people are believed to be killed in fighting in Uzbekistan's Andijan since Friday, after armed gunmen stormed the city's prison and freed Islamic extremists.
		Russia said it suspected Taliban and other Islamic militants to be behind the unrest in Ferghana valley.
		"The unrest in Uzbekistan's Andijan was planned in advance and followed a predetermined scenario," Russia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Loshchinin said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/15uzbek.htm (144 words)

	Suspects in Uzbek unrest seized as leader rejects an inquiry
		ANDIJON, Uzbekistan Defying growing calls for an international inquiry into the suppression of anti-government riots, President Islam Karimov's regime on Friday rounded up suspected participants in the unrest, which human rights campaigners say killed hundreds.
		NATO and the European Union on Friday joined the United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, in putting pressure on Uzbekistan to allow an independent investigation into the May 13 bloodshed.
		Karimov has blamed Islamic militants for the unrest that began May 13 in Andijon and denies his troops fired on unarmed civilians there.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/05/21/news/uzbek.php (661 words)

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