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This article is a list of events in the year 2005 in Uzbekistan.

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Events

May

  • May 13 - 2005 Andijan Unrest
    • Thousands of Uzbeks take over a high security jail in Andijan freeing thousands in protest against the jail sentence of 23 businessmen accused of being Islamic extremists.[1]
    • Violence erupts in Andijan with demands from the rally for the government to resign.[2]
    • Over 500 protesters have been shot dead by riot police.[3]
    • A man with mental illness is shot fatally outside the Israeli embassy in the capital of Tashkent, with government sources alleging him to be a suicide bomber.[4]
  • May 14 - Thousands of Uzbeks return to the streets in protests despite the massacre yesterday.[3]
  • May 15 - Andijan is sealed shut by the government with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw telling the BBC that there has been a "clear abuse of human rights" in Uzbekistan.[5]
  • May 16 - Uzbek authorities seal another city shut. This time, it is Qorasuv near the border to Kyrgyzstan where many have fled the violence.[6]
  • May 18 - The border town of Qorasuv is claimed to be under control of a new Islamic administration led by Baxtiyor Rahimov.[7]
  • May 19 - Qorasuv is retaken by the Uzbek military and arrest Rahimov. Officials claim 169 were killed in the unrest but many sources claim over 500 have been killed.[8]

June

  • June 7 - Human Rights Watch demands an investigation into the unrest and accuses the government of covering up a massacre.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Protesters take to the streets in Uzbekistan".
  2. ↑ "Tense confrontation in Uzbek town".
  3. 1 2 "'High death toll' in Uzbekistan".
  4. ↑ "High alert at all embassies".
  5. ↑ "Uzbek city sealed after clashes".
  6. ↑ "Uzbek troops shut off second town".
  7. ↑ "Uzbek rebel spells out aims".
  8. ↑ "Uzbek troops retake rebel town".
  9. ↑ "May 13 Killings in Andijan Need Fuller Investigation".
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