Proper noun
Andijan
A city in Uzbekistan
Although it is equivocal about whether the official or unofficial version of the Andijan Massacre is true, the EU is evidently willing to ease its economic sanctions against Uzbekistan. Source: Internet
He stressed that "the real issue" for the EU is the Uzbek government's response to the Andijan massacre and human rights abuses. Source: Internet
As you know, the US accepted the refugees from Andijan and later human rights violations as having a "well-founded fear of persecution" and granted them asylum and I do not see this reversing or lessening due to these few cases. Source: Internet
President Islam Karimov arrived in Andijan early that morning to personally direct the official response to the protests. Source: Internet
During the investigation it emerged that there had been a search warrant out for him since 2003, a long time before Andijan, and he had spent two years of those “search” years living in Uzbekistan. Source: Internet
Hundreds of people fled Uzbekistan to Russia and Kyrgyzstan last year after a government crackdown against protesters in Andijan, many of whom were taken to Europe and given refugee status. Source: Internet