Thousands of Uzbeks take over a high security jail in Andijan freeing thousands in protest against the jail sentence of 23 businessmen accused of being Islamic extremists.[1]
Violence erupts in Andijan with demands from the rally for the government to resign.[2]
Over 500 protesters have been shot dead by riot police.[3]
A man with mental illness is shot fatally outside the Israeli embassy in the capital of Tashkent, with government sources alleging him to be a suicide bomber.[4]
May 14 - Thousands of Uzbeks return to the streets in protests despite the massacre yesterday.[3]
May 15 - Andijan is sealed shut by the government with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw telling the BBC that there has been a "clear abuse of human rights" in Uzbekistan.[5]
May 16 - Uzbek authorities seal another city shut. This time, it is Qorasuv near the border to Kyrgyzstan where many have fled the violence.[6]
May 18 - The border town of Qorasuv is claimed to be under control of a new Islamic administration led by Baxtiyor Rahimov.[7]
May 19 - Qorasuv is retaken by the Uzbek military and arrest Rahimov. Officials claim 169 were killed in the unrest but many sources claim over 500 have been killed.[8]
June
June 7 - Human Rights Watch demands an investigation into the unrest and accuses the government of covering up a massacre.[9]
