Government U-turns over plans to curtail autonomy of Karakalpakstan but fears rise tensions may escalate
Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan over plans to curtail its autonomy, Uzbek authorities said.
According to official reports, protesters marched through the provincial capital of Nukus last Friday and tried to seize local government buildings. Another showed a young man crouching by an apparently lifeless body in the street, screaming “a man is dying”, and running for cover as shots rang out. The protests in Uzbekistan were prompted by planned constitutional changes that would have stripped Karakalpakstan of its autonomous status. In a U-turn, the president dropped those plans on Saturday.
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