Pressure on Uzbekistan aims destabilization - expe

13.05.2006 15:16:53
Independent expert Aydyn Gudarzi believes that Uzbekistan is being incited to cooperate with extremist forces in order to destabilize the situation in the country, press-uz.info has reported.

In his opinion, Human Rights Watch and other human right organizations' calls play into the hands of those who are trying to destabilize the situation not only in Uzbekistan but in the whole post-Soviet area.

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch is insisting on sanctions against the leadership of Uzbekistan, which, in its words, used illegal methods to disperse a large demonstration in the town of Andijan in May last year. Emiliya Gill, director of the Moscow office of Human Rights Watch, spoke about this at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday (11 May).

"A massive attempt is going on to exert pressure on the government of Uzbekistan and to deprive it of its firmness and decisiveness. The goal behind this is obvious - to destabilize the situation in the country and bring to power those who are more compliant," Gudarzi believes.

In his opinion, it would be wrong to think that the threat to stability of life in civil society only comes from terrorists and their ideologists.

"Quite often attempts from outside are being made to convince the authorities in the possibility of conducting dialogues with those who will never go for this dialogue. Such attempts pose not the least threat," Gudarzi said.

Further he emphasized that even now attempts were being made to misrepresent the government and society's efforts to counter the spread of extremism and to justify and politicize its apologists.

Turning back to the Andijan events, the expert noted some facts which, in his opinion, were deliberately not mentioned by those abroad who for many months have tried to convince the world community that it is necessary to conduct an independent investigation into the Andijan events.

He said he means attack and long-hour assault of building and territory of National Security Service Department in Andijan region (NSSD). This episode of 13 May night was not reported in any international media, which presented Andijan events as sensation No 1 from Central Asia.

Attack and long-hour assault of NSSD was not also commented by high rank officials of foreign states and international organisations, as well as foreign politicians, he said.

Gudarzi said the one of the tasks of Human Rights Watch and OSCE/ODIHR is retouching important details of facts of Andijan events. Including capture of ammunition, release of criminals, assault of NSSD.

For justice, it should be noted that not all in the West shared and share such tactic, used after 13 May 2005 form of open political defamation against Uzbekistan. And it is pity that these sober views clogged under chorus of elite "democratic hawks".

Gudarzi said: "Will this help to fight international terrorism, it is hard to say. Most likely, no. I wish those who try to transform Andijan events in political goals to stop it. It costs to high to civil society."



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