Comments on: Natan Sharansky on Uzbekistan http://registan.net/index.php/2005/06/06/natan-sharansky-on-uzbekistan/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Hamm http://registan.net/index.php/2005/06/06/natan-sharansky-on-uzbekistan/comment-page-1/#comment-21019 Mark Hamm Tue, 07 Jun 2005 04:13:43 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5471#comment-21019 The current Uzbek government is a 'force for democracy'? That would be hard to argue even before Andijon. The current Uzbek government is a ‘force for democracy’? That would be hard to argue even before Andijon.

]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2005/06/06/natan-sharansky-on-uzbekistan/comment-page-1/#comment-20990 Nathan Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:48:48 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5471#comment-20990 Which isn't to say we know what his current position on the country or the violence in Andijon is since this statement comes from before a chain of anti-government protests that had to do with economic issues. We also don't know if this includes supporting the arrest and lynching of democracy activists, or if he uncritically accepts that everyone Uzbek authorities arrest as Islamic extremists actually are. Which isn’t to say we know what his current position on the country or the violence in Andijon is since this statement comes from before a chain of anti-government protests that had to do with economic issues.

We also don’t know if this includes supporting the arrest and lynching of democracy activists, or if he uncritically accepts that everyone Uzbek authorities arrest as Islamic extremists actually are.

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