Comments on: The Uzbek Revolutionary of St. Louis http://registan.net/index.php/2006/05/10/the-uzbek-revolutionary-of-st-louis/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ockham’s Beard » Blog Archive » Episode V: Choriyev Strikes Back http://registan.net/index.php/2006/05/10/the-uzbek-revolutionary-of-st-louis/comment-page-1/#comment-164425 Ockham’s Beard » Blog Archive » Episode V: Choriyev Strikes Back Fri, 12 May 2006 18:09:46 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6413#comment-164425 [...] Frequent readers of this blog may appreciate that this is, in fact, the fifth time I’ve writen about Uzbek dissident and refugee Bokhodir Choriyev (1,2,3,4). Well, he entered my life again this week in the Choate room of the Canegie Endowment for International Peace at Tuesday’s event for the one-year anniversary of the Andijon massacre of May 12–13, 2005, to which I had invited him. (See RFE/RL for audio from conference; see Registan and neweurasia for discussion.) [...] [...] Frequent readers of this blog may appreciate that this is, in fact, the fifth time I’ve writen about Uzbek dissident and refugee Bokhodir Choriyev (1,2,3,4). Well, he entered my life again this week in the Choate room of the Canegie Endowment for International Peace at Tuesday’s event for the one-year anniversary of the Andijon massacre of May 12–13, 2005, to which I had invited him. (See RFE/RL for audio from conference; see Registan and neweurasia for discussion.) [...]

]]> By: jonathan p http://registan.net/index.php/2006/05/10/the-uzbek-revolutionary-of-st-louis/comment-page-1/#comment-163895 jonathan p Thu, 11 May 2006 19:35:38 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6413#comment-163895 This is an interesting issue that looks like it involves some hard feelings between various factions of the Uzbek opposition. On his Web site, Choriev seems to hold RFE/RL's Shukrat Bobojonov responsible for sitting on the interview. It appears Choriev's issue with Radio Liberty is an apparent reluctance to broadcast his interview despite a willingness to broadcast (on Apr. 16) the comments of an ERK supporter (Ismat Khushev, resident of Canada) who said he anticipated the break out of war in Uzbekistan. Choriev (and apparently the Congress of Democratic Uzbekistan, judging by their Web site) feels that broadcasting these types of comments is irresponsible because it only leads to more suppression and makes it more difficult for opposition movements to do any real work. What follows is an excerpt from CDU's Web site about the broadcast decision by Bobojonov. The broadcast concerned the upcoming 2007 elections in Uzbekistan. It sounds like the only views voiced were those of this ERK supporter. Hmm.(uzbekcongress.org/congress/cdu_english.html): "Radio Liberty’s Abdulla Iskandar (Shuhrat Bobojonov) must be just before airing such issues. Especially, he should be vigilant about these issues since Bobojonovs were the trusted representatives of Muhammad Salih in Khorazm in 1991 elections. Because “Birlik” also announced of its plans to participate with its candidate a bit before. Why didn’t he speak of it? How about “Ozod Dehqonlar”? Furthermore what about the “ERK” fraction led by Samad Murad? One more instance, Bahadir Chariev who strongly opposes Muhammad Salih is deprived of giving an interview on Radio Liberty. It is not democracy where as Shuhrat Bobojon describes himself as an independent democratic journalist." As a side note, I believe this Khushev guy was the editor-in-chief of the short-lived newspaper Natzionalnoye Obrazovaniye (published in Russian, Uzbek and English) before it was closed down by Uzbek authorities in 2003 after just a few editions. If you spend any time on the CDU site, you'll notice that CDU claims Khushev's membership has expired. He was listed as a member in June of 2005. This is an interesting issue that looks like it involves some hard feelings between various factions of the Uzbek opposition.

On his Web site, Choriev seems to hold RFE/RL’s Shukrat Bobojonov responsible for sitting on the interview. It appears Choriev’s issue with Radio Liberty is an apparent reluctance to broadcast his interview despite a willingness to broadcast (on Apr. 16) the comments of an ERK supporter (Ismat Khushev, resident of Canada) who said he anticipated the break out of war in Uzbekistan.

Choriev (and apparently the Congress of Democratic Uzbekistan, judging by their Web site) feels that broadcasting these types of comments is irresponsible because it only leads to more suppression and makes it more difficult for opposition movements to do any real work.

What follows is an excerpt from CDU’s Web site about the broadcast decision by Bobojonov. The broadcast concerned the upcoming 2007 elections in Uzbekistan. It sounds like the only views voiced were those of this ERK supporter. Hmm.(uzbekcongress.org/congress/cdu_english.html):

“Radio Liberty’s Abdulla Iskandar (Shuhrat Bobojonov) must be just before airing such issues. Especially, he should be vigilant about these issues since Bobojonovs were the trusted representatives of Muhammad Salih in Khorazm in 1991 elections. Because “Birlik” also announced of its plans to participate with its candidate a bit before. Why didn’t he speak of it? How about “Ozod Dehqonlar”? Furthermore what about the “ERK” fraction led by Samad Murad? One more instance, Bahadir Chariev who strongly opposes Muhammad Salih is deprived of giving an interview on Radio Liberty. It is not democracy where as Shuhrat Bobojon describes himself as an independent democratic journalist.”

As a side note, I believe this Khushev guy was the editor-in-chief of the short-lived newspaper Natzionalnoye Obrazovaniye (published in Russian, Uzbek and English) before it was closed down by Uzbek authorities in 2003 after just a few editions. If you spend any time on the CDU site, you’ll notice that CDU claims Khushev’s membership has expired. He was listed as a member in June of 2005.

]]> By: James http://registan.net/index.php/2006/05/10/the-uzbek-revolutionary-of-st-louis/comment-page-1/#comment-163812 James Thu, 11 May 2006 15:25:33 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6413#comment-163812 Wow, that expalins his very odd behavior. He actually stood and asked the same question twice, once to the panel with Daniel Kimmage on it, and once to the panel with McCain and Smith. A few people in the crowd groaned the second time. It sounds like RFE/RL is planning on using it, but doesn't want to be responsible for any violence so is waiting until after May 13. Very interesting. Wow, that expalins his very odd behavior. He actually stood and asked the same question twice, once to the panel with Daniel Kimmage on it, and once to the panel with McCain and Smith. A few people in the crowd groaned the second time.

It sounds like RFE/RL is planning on using it, but doesn’t want to be responsible for any violence so is waiting until after May 13. Very interesting.

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