[news] Uzbekistan on the brink as clashes spread

[Resist!ca]

Up to 500 protesters feared dead "The violence that has reportedly killed hundreds of protesters in eastern Uzbekistan appeared to be spreading to neighbouring towns last night, raising fears that the volatile Central Asian state could erupt into a full-scale revolution. America gives $10 million a year in aid to the Uzbek security services and police, agencies which it says indulge in torture as a 'routine investigation technique'."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/16/18422/6476