Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan -- the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.
Security forces detained 516 people during the protests, which broke out over plans to curtail Karakalpakstan's autonomy, but have now released many of them, the National Guard press office told a briefing.On Saturday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev dropped plans to amend articles of the constitution concerning Karakalpakstan's sovereignty and its right to secede. He also declared a month-long state of emergency in the northwestern province.
They called for the release of arrested demonstrators, the dissolution of the Karakalpak government and new elections, and a review of the actions of law enforcement agencies including"the unjustified and disproportionate use of force that led to human victims, torture and arbitrary detention".They complained of discrimination against their language and the"silencing and distortion" of the region's history.
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