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PHOTOS: Uzbek refugees flee to Kyrgyzstan
23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Featured here is a selection of images relating to the story of Uzbek refugees near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds.


 

An Uzbek refugee reacts in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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An Uzbek refugee boy plays in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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Uzbek Muslims attend Friday prayers in the eastern town of Andizhan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, amid growing international demands for an inquiry into reports that security forces dispatched to end protests, killed civilians in the Uzbek town of Andizhan last week. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
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An Uzbek policeman patrols with his dog a residential area in the eastern town of Andizhan, May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, amid growing international demands for an inquiry into reports that security forces dispatched to end protests, killed civilians in the Uzbek town of Andizhan last week. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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An Uzbek refugee man walks to collect water in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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Uzbek refugees rest in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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An Uzbek refugee woman looks on in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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Uzbek Muslims attend Friday prayers in the eastern town of Andizhan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, amid growing international demands for an inquiry into reports that security forces dispatched to end protests, killed civilians in the Uzbek town of Andizhan last week. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
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Kyrgyz soldiers watch the border from the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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An Uzbek refugee woman looks on in the tent camp in Kyrgyz territory near the village of Barash at the border with Uzbekistan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, and the United Nations turned up the volume on its demands for an inquiry into deaths believed to have run into hundreds. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
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Uzbek Muslims attend Friday prayers in the eastern town of Andizhan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, amid growing international demands for an inquiry into reports that security forces dispatched to end protests, killed civilians in the Uzbek town of Andizhan last week. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
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Uzbek Muslims attend Friday prayers in the eastern town of Andizhan May 20, 2005. Refugees who fled a crackdown by Uzbek troops said on Friday they dared not return home, amid growing international demands for an inquiry into reports that security forces dispatched to end protests, killed civilians in the Uzbek town of Andizhan last week. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
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