Archives for "Uzbekistan"

January 25, 2008 : A Life Saved!

January 23, 2008 : Frontline Club Discussion on Uzbekistan

January 15, 2008 : Tesco Ban Uzbek Cotton

January 3, 2008 : Uzbekistan's non-election

December 7, 2007 : Ikhtiyor Hamroev

November 29, 2007 : A Chance to Fight

November 27, 2007 : Thanks to Bob Marshall Andrews

November 26, 2007 : Airport Round-Up

November 23, 2007 : Jahongir Sidikov

November 22, 2007 : A Low Point

November 20, 2007 : Britain Institutes Death Penalty

November 7, 2007 : Autobiography of an Uzbek Political prisoner

October 31, 2007 : Bent Auditors

October 31, 2007 : Uzbek Cotton

October 30, 2007 : Newsnight Tonight BBC 2 10.30pm

October 28, 2007 : A Dark, Dark Place

October 14, 2007 : Usmanov: Truth Will Out

October 14, 2007 : Mark Franchetti Fills His Stomach and Switches Off His Brain

October 13, 2007 : Islamic Jihad Union

October 13, 2007 : Sue, Fatboy, Sue

October 9, 2007 : Schillings Work is Never Done

September 14, 2007 : Yet More Schillings Bollocks

September 13, 2007 : Censorship

September 12, 2007 : German Bomb Plot: Islamic Jihad Union

September 9, 2007 : Usmanov Bluster

September 8, 2007 : US Diplomats and Human Rights

September 8, 2007 : The Mysterious Islamic Jihad Union

September 7, 2007 : Murder in Tashkent

September 6, 2007 : Usmanov Redux

September 3, 2007 : Arsenal

September 2, 2007 : Alisher Usmanov, potential Arsenal chairman, is a Vicious Thug, Criminal, Racketeer, Heroin Trafficker and Accused Rapist

July 28, 2007 : Parasite News

July 13, 2007 : An Excellent Initiative from Continental Clothing

May 12, 2007 : "Uzbekistan is Off the Radar to Almost Everyone"

May 3, 2007 : Uzbekistan, and German Disgrace

April 19, 2007 : French Hijack Warning

April 17, 2007 : Paul Bergne

April 4, 2007 : British Embassy No Longer Protects The Oppressed

March 30, 2007 : Media Training for Young Central Asians

March 24, 2007 : Elimination of Uzbek Human Rights Movement

March 23, 2007 : Uzbek Cotton Industry

November 9, 2006 : EU likely to roll back Uzbekistan sanctions

November 3, 2006 : Annan warns of no improvement in Uzbek human rights since last year, urges action

November 2, 2006 : EU divided over Uzbek sanctions

October 9, 2006 : Borat was wrong. I never saw a gay wearing a blue hat on a Kazakh bus

September 29, 2006 : Mysterious Deaths of Uzbek Refugees in the US

September 19, 2006 : Rights Groups Blast UNESCO for Awarding Uzbek President

September 12, 2006 : Uzbek folk singer receives suspended sentence for song about Andijan crackdown

August 31, 2006 : Uzbekistan: Observers Say Situation Heading Toward Upheaval

August 21, 2006 : Radio Waves: Mick Heaney: Voice of restraint

August 16, 2006 : 'Princess of Uzbeks' cavorts in a cartoon wonderland

August 16, 2006 : Germany's Favorite Despot

July 31, 2006 : Workers from Uzbekistan sold one of their group to slave-masters to earn their own way home

June 22, 2006 : Germany: Challenge to Ruling on Uzbek Ex-Minister

June 16, 2006 : Bottled up: why Coke stands accused of being too cosy with the Karimovs

June 3, 2006 : Linking hands across the steppes

June 2, 2006 : The Professor of Repression

May 26, 2006 : Enron, Bush and Uzbekistan

May 11, 2006 : The Andijan Massacre - Sign the Petition!

May 10, 2006 : International Demonstrations Planned for the Anniversary of the Andijan Massacre

May 9, 2006 : Andijan One Year On: Lessons and Perspectives for the Future�

May 9, 2006 : Censorship of the media in Uzbekistan

May 8, 2006 : One Year After Andijan: Uzbekistan Shuts Down the News

April 7, 2006 : Germany's dialogue with the Uzbek regime: a disgrace for German democracy

April 7, 2006 : Germany: Prosecutor Denies Uzbek Victims Justice

March 24, 2006 : A Lifeboat for the Media

March 23, 2006 : Saving Central Asia from Uzbekistan

March 23, 2006 : Human Rights Watch: Do Not Close U.N. Refugee Office

March 20, 2006 : UN Refugee Agency expelled from Uzbekistan

March 13, 2006 : Book review: The Railway

March 1, 2006 : Uzbek court jails opposition activist for 10 years

February 20, 2006 : Uzbekistan: In for the Long Haul - A report from the International Crisis Group

February 17, 2006 : Ukraine: Uzbek Asylum Seekers Sent Back to Face Abuse

February 10, 2006 : Craig Murray's "Murder In Samarkand" available for pre-order now on Amazon

February 7, 2006 : Publish and be damned

January 8, 2006 : Andijan amnesia? India to train Uzbek army with British "observers" present

January 3, 2006 : Repression of Uzbekistan's Secular Opposition Reaches New Levels

December 30, 2005 : More old news

December 16, 2005 : Uzbekistan: Andijon Residents Speak About The Trials

December 16, 2005 : Germany: Uzbek Minister Accused of Crimes against Humanity

December 15, 2005 : Uzbekistan: RFE/RL Forced To Close Tashkent Bureau After Government Denies Accreditation

December 13, 2005 : White Gold - The True Cost of Cotton from Uzbekistan

December 8, 2005 : UK and Germany Agreed to Allow Visas for Uzbek Politicians

November 29, 2005 : Questions in Parliament on exemptions and violations of Uzbek travel ban

November 26, 2005 : Uzbekistan switching its gaze to Russia

November 26, 2005 : "Blind to the 'Butcher of Andijan'"

November 26, 2005 : Uzbekistan grants Germany use of its airports in return for medical treatment for minister implicated in massacre?

November 25, 2005 : Uzbekistan looks east for new friends

November 24, 2005 : Uzbekistan to ban some NATO overflights-alliance

November 23, 2005 : Uzbekistan: Journalist Honored For Coverage Of Andijon Unrest

November 19, 2005 : Germany defies EU's Uzbek ban

November 19, 2005 : House Panel Probes Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

November 18, 2005 : Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Andijan Trial

November 15, 2005 : Andijan 'show trial' fails to convince

November 11, 2005 : Uzbekistan: Journalist Assaulted After Reporting on Massacre

November 4, 2005 : Reputation of SOAS takes a knock

November 2, 2005 : A call to suspend Uzbekistan from NATO partnership

November 2, 2005 : Uzbekistan: Jailed Opposition Leader’s Health at Risk

November 2, 2005 : The Dangers of Friendly Dictatorships

November 2, 2005 : A gushing book review from Shirin Akiner

October 30, 2005 : Opposition leader tortured with drugs

October 27, 2005 : 'Harassment' forces BBC out of Uzbekistan

October 27, 2005 : Andijan five months on

October 24, 2005 : Amnesty International Alert

October 24, 2005 : Sanjar Umarov arrested in Tashkent?

October 19, 2005 : Hazel Blears made a claim to MPs I know to be false

October 16, 2005 : Heroic Uzbek woman blows apart Karimov's show trial

October 13, 2005 : SOAS defends academic freedom - but only for approved viewpoints

October 13, 2005 : International media NGO loses battle to stay in Uzbekistan

October 10, 2005 : Urgent action to save the life of Mutabar Tadzhibaeva

October 10, 2005 : SOAS replies to the allegations against Akiner!

October 8, 2005 : The Ugly Uzbek

October 7, 2005 : US sends symbolic snub to repressive ally

October 6, 2005 : Uzbek preacher 'died of torture'

October 4, 2005 : The absurd love affair between the UK and Karimov is thankfully over

October 2, 2005 : Uzbek dissident in psychiatric hospital

October 1, 2005 : The role of Shirin Akiner - further comments and analysis

September 30, 2005 : The EU's tardy response to the Andijan massacre is criticised

September 29, 2005 : Akiner exposed - Craig Murray slams SOAS "propagandist for the Karimov regime"

September 21, 2005 : Uzbeks accuse foreign media of coup attempt as Andijan 'show trial' opens

September 20, 2005 : Rebels are tried but the massacre goes unpunished

September 18, 2005 : Safe h(e)aven for Uzbek strongman's daughter

September 13, 2005 : Death in Bobur Square

September 2, 2005 : The Uzbekistan blog! - Preview of a book the UK government would like to ban

August 31, 2005 : Update on the Pledge Bank list for Uzbekistan Blog

August 31, 2005 : The White House silence

August 30, 2005 : Uzbekistan - America and the European Union have let a dictator get away with murder

August 17, 2005 : "Should Not Be Known"

August 8, 2005 : Understanding Uzbekistan's snub

August 4, 2005 : Sanctions against Uzbekistan would be disastrous? - Craig Murray explains his position

August 3, 2005 : Why the US won't admit it was jilted

August 1, 2005 : "The policy of constructive engagement was myopic, morally corrupting, visibly hypocritical and unsustainable" - Craig Murray

August 1, 2005 : Uzbekistan told US to close down airbase 'after gas deal with Russia' and get out

August 1, 2005 : Uzbekistan kicks US out of military base

July 30, 2005 : US airbase kicked out of Uzbekistan

July 30, 2005 : U.S. Evicted From Air Base In Uzbekistan

July 30, 2005 : EBRD issues new strategy for Uzbekistan

July 22, 2005 : "The pathologist also found that his fingernails had been pulled out. That clearly took me a back."

July 18, 2005 : Uzbekistan - Human Rights Violations and Government Crackdowns

June 30, 2005 : Uzbek killers taught "markmanship" by British army

June 28, 2005 : UZBEKISTAN: Protestant tortured by police trying to force abandonment of Christianity

June 28, 2005 : George Bush's "Man in Central Asia"

June 27, 2005 : UK government under fire over aid to Uzbekistan

June 26, 2005 : "Karimov has agreed, for a suitable payment from US taxpayers, for Bush to attack Iran from bases in Uzbekistan"

June 24, 2005 : Uzbek "entrepreneur" denounces "devilish plot" by "foreign-policy dinosaurs"

June 23, 2005 : Uzbekistan, Great Britain and the Ousting of Craig Murray

June 22, 2005 : Idealistic democracy, total hypocrisy, and Israel: America's man in Uzbekistan

June 20, 2005 : Britain helped train Uzbek killers

June 18, 2005 : Pressure Uzbekistan on rights

June 18, 2005 : Uzbek Ministries in Crackdown Received U.S. Aid

June 17, 2005 : Human Rights Team Reported Missing in Uzbekistan

June 16, 2005 : Balancing act on Uzbekistan: Which way will Washington lean?

June 14, 2005 : "We cannot remain idle while a government with which we have close ties so blatantly contravenes the ideal of freedom" - Senator John McCain

June 14, 2005 : U.S. Opposed Calls at NATO for Probe of Uzbek Killings - Officials Feared Losing Air Base Access

June 10, 2005 : "Bush lost no time in putting an air base in Uzbekistan, ostensibly to wage the so-called war against terror but in fact to prop up Karimov and extend the USA's military range."

June 7, 2005 : More killings in Andijan?

June 6, 2005 : "Explain American policy in terms of freedom and democracy and you get a contradiction. Explain it in terms of oil and gas and it's completely consistent."

June 6, 2005 : Fax emerges detailing Bush/Enron relationship with Uzbekistan

June 4, 2005 : Diplomats withdrawn from Uzbekistan

June 2, 2005 : Christian persecution worsens in Uzbekistan

May 31, 2005 : "Uzbekistan has shown former Soviet states that the west tolerates the repression of peaceful protest in return for oil"

May 29, 2005 : US senators rebuffed by Karimov

May 28, 2005 : Karimov looks to China and Russia for support

May 26, 2005 : Uzbek army used British equipment in Andijan massacre

May 26, 2005 : "What we need in this region is an aircraft carrier in a smooth, calm sea and Uzbekistan is that aircraft carrier."

May 26, 2005 : "If the journalists, correspondents come – you should not tell them anything, otherwise we will find you.”

May 21, 2005 : "We are in a real sense culpable" - Craig Murray on the aftermath of the Uzbek massacres

May 19, 2005 : Demonstrate against the Uzbek massacres - Uzbek Embassy, London, 12 noon, Saturday 21st May

May 19, 2005 : Fax your MP!

May 18, 2005 : The blood of the Uzbeks, the hypocrisy of the West, and the last great oil grab

May 18, 2005 : The folly of "sonofabitchism"

May 17, 2005 : The US and its 'special' dictator

May 17, 2005 : (Financial Times) Winds of change reach central Asia

May 16, 2005 : Craig Murray (Guardian): What drives support for this torturer

May 15, 2005 : Anger grows as US government supports Karimov

May 15, 2005 : Craig Murray denounces western support for brutal Uzbek regime

May 15, 2005 : Outrage grows over US support for Uzbek government

May 14, 2005 : Uzbek forces open fire on protesters

May 14, 2005 : Vicious crackdown in Uzbekistan

April 15, 2005 : US complicity wth torture in Uzbekistan

April 11, 2005 : Making Uzbekistan a key election issue

March 1, 2005 : Association for Democracy in Uzbekistan - Confidential letters

December 15, 2004 : The Observer - Trouble in Tashkent

December 13, 2004 : "Americans are not Scots, and John Purnell is not Craig Murray"

November 8, 2004 : Amnesty International - Uzbekistan: Britain's ambassador was right to speak out

October 29, 2004 : Uzbeks Protest at British Envoy's Sacking

October 23, 2004 : Daily Telegraph - The envoy silenced after telling undiplomatic truths

April 23, 2004 : UK Embassy Bash Falls Foul of Uzbek Secret Police

February 13, 2004 : The Guardian - Uzbek mother who publicised 'boiling' torture of son gets hard labour

February 1, 2004 : Gay Times - Our man in Tashkent

October 30, 2003 : The Guardian - A good man in Tashkent

May 26, 2003 : The Guardian - US looks away as new ally tortures Islamists

January 14, 2003 : British Envoy's Speech Reverberates in Uzbekistan