A newly obtained video of a May 2005 massacre of civilians in the Uzbek city of Andijan casts new light on an event that led to a marked decrease in U.S. influence in the region. An uprising last year ...

Addressing the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, including the 2005 Andijan massacre, has not been high on the current government’s agenda. It’s been 20 years since Uzbekistan’s ...

At the moment, the authorities look for anybody who remained in Andijan or came back from Kyrgyzstan or Kazakhstan. I was always asked [during interrogations] whom do I know related to the events who ...

Makhbuba Zakirova said government troops opened fire on unarmed civilians in Andijan Five months after Uzbek troops opened fire on hundreds of civilians in Andijan on 13 May 2005, Makhbuba Zakirova ...

In 2002, the bazaar in Andijan, Uzbekistan, witnessed an unusual scene. The police approached a trader selling coats and demanded to see his papers. When it became clear that they intended to ...

A local power struggle dating back to 2004, and not an alleged Islamic radical conspiracy, sparked the chain of events that culminated in the Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan, a source with detailed ...

Fifteen years have elapsed since the worst bout of bloodletting that Uzbekistan has seen in its post-independence history, but still the authorities, even under the rule of self-styled reformer ...

A Kyrgyz woman stands next to a placard with a picture showing 12-13 May 2005 events in the Uzbek town of Andijan, during a commemoration in front of the Uzbekistan Embassy in Bishkek Getty Images ...

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 ...

Five months after Uzbek troops opened fire on hundreds of civilians in Andijan on 13 May 2005, Makhbuba Zakirova caused a small sensation. In a Tashkent court room where 15 men were tried for ...