Two different news agencies are reporting that protesters have dispersed. Lyndon has the skinny.
He definitely deserves a medal for doing all this translation work.
If troops have dispersed the protest as it looks like they have (or are planning to do), I can’t help but be reminded of remarks made by Karimov to the effect of not taking no guff off of no protesters like Akayev did. I can’t find this in my archives, so maybe I’m remembering incorrectly.
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Could you guys in the States please monitor Fergana.ru for us here in Uzbekistan? We are blocked out, or at least my internet service is.
nathan….once again, excellent work. i hereby make you an honorary Democracy Guy. Grassroots, baby.
Shucks, Nathan, it’s nothing, really, compared to the job that you do covering the region day in, day out. I just translated one of the more astounding reports off of Fergana.ru here – http://scrapsofmoscow.blogspot.com/2005/05/latest-from-ferganaru-no-comment.html (“Violent repression of the rebellion in Uzbekistan has led to hundreds of deaths”)
Not sure if the headline is sensationalism – the eyewitness actually said, “hundreds of wounded and killed,” but either way this is pretty serious.
David, for your benefit (and hopefully the benefit of others), I’ve translated another late-breaking (from less than an hour ago) report from Andijan off Fergana.ru – http://scrapsofmoscow.blogspot.com/2005/05/contact-with-andijan-translated-by-me.html
Hang in there, everyone.