Uzbekistan: Web action: One year on, Andizhan victims deserve justice

Index Number: EUR 62/013/2006
Date Published: 4 May 2006
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Uzbekistan

(w/out WA ref number) On the 13th of May 2005 the Uzbek security forces indiscriminately fired on demonstrators, mainly unarmed civilians in Andiyan. They caused the deaths of hundreds of people. The government has not carried out proper investigations to bring those responsible to justice.