Islam Karimov and the massacre in Uzbekistan that the world forgot

Islam Karimov, the 78-year-old former Soviet apparatchik who has ruled Uzbekistan since its independence, suffered a "cerebral hemorrhage" over the weekend and remains in intensive care, according to reports. Speculation mounted on social media on Monday that the Uzbek president was dead. Beyond Karimov's condition, there's much else that's shrouded in uncertainty, not least the question of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/08/30/islam-karimov-and-the-massacre-in-uzbekistan-that-the-world-forgot/