This article is a list of events in the year 2005 in Uzbekistan.

Incumbents

* President: Islam Karimov * Prime Minister: Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Events

May

* May 13 - Andijan Massacre ** Thousands of Uzbeks take over a high security jail in Andijan freeing thousands in protest against the jail sentence of 23 businessmen accused of being Islamic extremists. ** Violence erupts in Andijan with demands from the rally for the government to resign. ** Over 500 protesters have been shot dead by riot police. ** A man with mental illness is shot fatally outside the Israeli embassy in the capital of Tashkent, with government sources alleging him to be a suicide bomber. * May 14 - Thousands of Uzbeks return to the streets in protests despite the massacre yesterday. * May 15 - Andijan is sealed shut by the government with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw telling the BBC that there has been a "clear abuse of human rights" in Uzbekistan. * May 16 - Uzbek authorities seal another city shut. This time, it is

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near the border to Kyrgyzstan where many have fled the violence. * May 18 - The border town of Qorasuv is claimed to be under control of a new Islamic administration led by Baxtiyor Rahimov. * May 19 - Qorasuv is retaken by the Uzbek military and arrest Rahimov. Officials claim 169 were killed in the unrest but many sources claim over 500 have been killed.

June

* June 7 - Human Rights Watch demands an investigation into the unrest and accuses the government of covering up a massacre.

References

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