The United States, Nato and the European Union have joined the United Nations in pressing for an international probe into the alleged killing of hundreds during an authoritarian crackdown in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek leader has staunchly resisted calls to end the crackdown on the opposition in the city of Andijan.
Sporadic shooting continued on Monday in an eastern Uzbek city where an uprising sparked a crackdown by security forces that left up to 500 people dead, and a human rights group reported that clashes in another town killed an additional 200. The government has denied opening fire on demonstrators.
Soldiers opened fire on protesters in eastern Uzbekistan on Friday and killed at least three after demonstrators stormed a jail to free 23 men accused of Islamic extremism, witnesses said. Protest leader Kabuljon Parpiyev said as many as 50 people may have been killed over the course of the day.