Memory lapse

I'm crap at remembering important dates; birthdays, anniversaries, commemorations, Days of Action, all of these and more have a habit of secreting themselves in the darkest recesses of my mind and hiding there until the day itself has passed. This appears to have been the case with the first anniversary of the Andijan massacre.

Back in the day I wrote about this and the situation Uzbekistan extensively (peruse the relevent drop down menu to your right if you're interested), but with one thing and another, it's an issue which seems to have dropped by the wayside. The only reason I remembered the anniversary at all - despite protests taking place across the globe - was Ringverse's post drawing attention to it, which kindly includes a link to yours truly. As Ringverse notes, this seems to be an attrocity the world has forgotten about. As ever it behooves those of us who do remember (however belatedly) to maintain the faith.

File Under: Andijan, Central Asia, Uzbekistan