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Kagan residents are being evacuated again

Posted by Libertad | in Security | on July 16th, 2008
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According to the information coming from Kagan district of Bukhara, residents of the district are being evacuated again. They had once been evacuated after the explosions occurred in the nearby Soviet-time ammunition storage that was left in Uzbekistan after the Afghan war. However, after few days, they got back to their homes, as the […]

Playing bomb shells

Posted by Libertad | in Video, Security | on July 13th, 2008
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Here is the video made by a Bukhara resident the day after the explosions in Kagan town of Bukhara region. He claims that this is a bomb shell that was thrown to 15 kilometers during the explosions. It does not really look like a bomb shell. However, that fact that it flew 15 km […]

Google Earth pictures of Kagan, Bukhara

Posted by Libertad | in Health, Security | on July 12th, 2008
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Earlier, I wrote about the explosions in ammunition storage in Kagan town that is located in 12 km from Bukhara city. The explosions were the result of a fire in the ammunition storage, which originally used to be an ammunition storage for shells and warheads for Soviet military operations Afghanistan. After the withdrawal of […]

Explosions in Bukhara

Posted by Libertad | in Video, Security | on July 10th, 2008
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Today early in the morning, I was chatting in G’chat with my friend from Bukhara. At about 2 am (Uzbek time) he was suddenly gone and did not answer my messages for like 10-15 minutes. I was already thinking that he fell asleep, but he returned back writing that there were a series of […]

Uzbek TV channels attack RFE/RL Uzbek service staff

Posted by Libertad | in Crime, Alisher Saipov, Human Rights, Security, Politics, Media, Foreign Affairs | on July 3rd, 2008
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Recently, all leading state-controlled TV companies in Uzbekistan had broadcast an about hour long program about the Radio Ozodlik (RFE/RL Uzbek service), where they accused the RFE/RL Uzbek service staff of being “traitors” who bring “unfriendly” messages into the country and thus attempt to destabilize the situation in Uzbekistan. The program was broadcast at […]

Worst match ever…

Posted by Libertad | in Video, Sport | on June 24th, 2008

Recently, Mansurhon wrote about Uzbekistan paving its way to the World Cup 2010 in qualifying games of FIFA World Cup™ Asian. In his post, he has also mentioned that the next group match would be between the leaders of the group Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, who had been already qualified to the next stage. […]

Father of a murdered journalist accused the president of Uzbekistan in crime

This is a translation of Elena’s post that was originally published here.

Recently, Avas Saipov, father of a journalist Alisher Saipov, who was murdered on October 24, 2007, sent open letter to the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Information Agency Fergana.ru published excerpts of Avas Saipov’s letter. In his letter, Saipov senior addresses the president of […]

Force majeure

Posted by Libertad | in Oddities, Environment | on June 5th, 2008
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Continuing the topic on water… The recent heavy rainfall in Tashkent city caught people napping, as no one was ready for such a shower with elements of hail. Please, see the results.

Water shortages in Kyrgyzstan can cause serious problems in Uzbekistan

Posted by Libertad | in Food, Environment | on June 5th, 2008
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Low water level in the Toktogul dam of Kyrgyzstan may have a bad impact on Uzbek agriculture, for Toktogul is the main water reservoir in Fergana Valley, and Uzbekistan is already having problems with irrigation of cotton fields in its Fergana valley part. The abnormal weather – very cold winter that already changed to […]

Thoughts about Andijon…

Posted by Libertad | in Crime, Human Rights, Security, Politics | on May 13th, 2008
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May 13, 2005… Three years have passed since the bloody suppression of a civic demonstration in the center of Andijon city, Uzbekistan. According to different independent sources, several hundreds of peaceful demonstrators were shot dead by government troops on this day. Many people fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan, where UNHCR helped them to find an […]

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