2005 in Uzbekistan

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

Incumbents

• President: Islam Karimov
• Prime Minister: Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Events

May

• May 13 - Andijan Massacre
  • 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]

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