Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 7 (ANI): The Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry has rejected media reports and claims by human rights groups which stated that illegal use of force was employed for the dispersal of a "peaceful rally" in the city of Nukus in Karakalpakstan.
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): India expressed its condolences to the families of people who lost their lives in the recent protest that erupted in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan.
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 5 (ANI): 18 people were killed and 243 injured during the last week's protest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan.