Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

What we are probably seeing in Uzbekistan to an extent is a backlash to Bush’s devaluing of democracy by using bogus democracies as a means to takeover a country.

"There have been a lot of changes occurring," Bonnamour said, referring to what she described as the "soft revolutions" in Ukraine and Georgia, as well as most recently in Kyrgyzstan. Authorities in Central Asia remain concerned that they may see such pro-democracy movements repeated in their own countries. This has prompted them to pre-emptively clamp down on all forms of possible dissent, including the press, she explained.
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