Comments on: Event Summary: One Year After Andijon

By: James

James — Wed, 17 May 2006 00:56:54 +0000

Sorry Richard, I can’t recall exactly whether or not she really said what USAID should have done. Some others who were present did remark that they were a bit shocked at the forcefulness of her remark. I’ll let you know if I find ever find anything else out.

By: James

James — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:18:50 +0000

Richard,

Unfortunately, I don’t recall, but I emailed someone else who was there to see if they remember.

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Sun, 14 May 2006 03:26:55 +0000

When Jennifer Windsor criticized USAID for not responding to the closures of organizagtions, did she indicate what they should have done? Did she say anything about the State Department or the embassy?

By: Registan.net

Registan.net — Sat, 13 May 2006 18:28:27 +0000

Andijon A Year Later (Updated)

[Updated to include “Tragedy of Andijon” video distributed by Uzbek Embassy]

As one might expect, there are quite a few stories on Andijon coming with tomorrow’s anniversary.
A small protest took place in Tashkent demanding an indepe…

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 May 2006 10:17:17 +0000

I will write up a transcript of the SOAS event soon, it will probably be online by next week’s Wednesday.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 May 2006 08:07:22 +0000

I saw the video. Personally, it doesn’t change anything for me. Seems a bit shocking at first, but when you think about it, the video doesn’t really reveal anything new. And what it does not show is indicative. Plus, it’s heavy propaganda… meaning that it’s heavily editied, forcefully narrated and includes irrelavent footage and seemingly scripted confessions.

IMO, it doesn’t contradict the numerous eyewitness reports and doesn’t make me trust the Uzbek government any more.

By: Uzari

Uzari — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:43:05 +0000

Laurence -

Maybe because McCain doesn’t *believe* that Uzbekistan has actually fought the Taliban or Bin Laden or whomever…

Like many people famliar with Central Asia, McCain likely believes that Karimov has actually contributed, and continutes to contribute to the strengthening of terrorist efforts in the region through his policies and actions.

Maybe McCain is actually foresighted in this regard. But we’ve had this discussion before…

By: Uzari

Uzari — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:38:55 +0000

James – on the topic of the video:

Dear Colleague:

We would like to invite you to a screening of a video made available to
us by the Uzbek Embassy in Washington DC that shows clips recorded by
members of Akromiya (Hizb ut-Tahrir splinter group) during the uprising
in Andijan, Uzbekistan on May 14, 2005.

Notwithstanding the severity of the Uzbek government’s response, this
video demonstrates that the organizers of the uprising may not have
been, as some have claimed, “peaceful Muslims.” Following the screening
we will hold a discussion on U.S. policy in Uzbekistan.

This meeting will take place at Hudson Institute on Tuesday, May 16th
from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Hudson is located at 1015 15th Street, NW,
Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

Please note that this is a brown-bag lunch event.

Please RSVP directly to Andriy Proshchenko by email at
caci2@mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu by Monday, May 15.

This event is limited to the first sixty people who replied by email to
this invite.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

Zeyno Baran Fred Starr
Center for Eurasian Policy Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Hudson Institute Johns Hopkins University

By: Ockham’s Beard » Blog Archive » Episode V: Choriyev Strikes Back

Ockham’s Beard » Blog Archive » Episode V: Choriyev Strikes Back — Fri, 12 May 2006 18:10:41 +0000

[...] Frequent readers of this blog may appreciate that this is, in fact, the fifth time I’ve writen about Uzbek dissident and refugee Bokhodir Choriyev (1,2,3,4). Well, he entered my life again this week in the Choate room of the Canegie Endowment for International Peace at Tuesday’s event for the one-year anniversary of the Andijon massacre of May 12–13, 2005, to which I had invited him. (See RFE/RL for conference audio; see Registan and neweurasia for discussion.) [...]

By: Laurence

Laurence — Thu, 11 May 2006 23:21:18 +0000

Let’s see, Sen. McCain says the US should support Pakistan, which backed the Taliban and today hosts Osama Bin Laden, while at the same time that the US should boycott and punish Uzbekistan, which has fought the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden for many years–oh, and ha also wants to punish Russia.

I just don’t get it…