It’s been 20 years since Uzbekistan’s security forces opened fire on a largely peaceful crowd of protesters and curious onlookers, including women and children, on May 13, 2005 in Andijan, a city in ...

Hundreds of Andijan residents search for missing relatives - on Babur Square itself and later at the collection points. President Karimov blamed the violence on Islamic extremists The school is said ...

They described Andijan as a place where their relatives live in constant fear. A woman who fled Andijan recently said her mother was too afraid to allow her daughter to stay in her house.

Ten years after the uprising, Andijan looks busy and peaceful. Locally produced cars and mini-buses zigzag the badly paved roads, men in traditional Uzbek skullcaps and women in headscarves and ...

Five months after Uzbek troops opened fire on hundreds of civilians in Andijan on 13 May 2005 ... shot at people waving white flags, including women and children. "Even Hitler did not do such ...

Gulbadan Begum, Babur’s daughter, is considered the only woman historian in the Muslim ... So, in memory of him, on the central square of Andijan, a monument was erected to the graceful Babur ...

The President also met with representatives of various nationalities residing in Andijan, emphasizing that peace and interethnic harmony are the nation’s greatest treasure. A festive concert was held ...

It’s been 20 years since Uzbekistan’s security forces opened fire on a largely peaceful crowd of protesters and curious onlookers, including women and children, on May 13, 2005 in Andijan ...