Uzbek government confirms President Karimov has died

 

 

Uzbekistan’s government confirmed that President Islam Karimov has died and will be buried in Samarkand on September 3.

 

Earlier on Friday, diplomatic sources said the 78-year-old died after suffering a stroke. He had been in hospital since last Saturday.

 

The delay to announce his death has been suggested as a possible indication of a power struggle between potential successors to the president.

 

According to the joint statement from government and parliament, Karimov will be buried according to Muslim traditions and said he was ‘truly great’.

 

Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev was appointed to head the commission organising his burial.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to acting president Nigmatilla Yuldashev in a statement. It confirmed that Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev will head the Russian delegation at Karimov’s funeral.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-09-03

The succession should be fun. 

Edited September 3, 201610 yr by Calach

Uzbekistan will be better off without him.  Sadly, the replacement probably won't be any better.  Lovely country, terrible government.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Karimov

 

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The international community repeatedly criticized the Karimov administration's record on human rights and press freedom.^[37] In particular, Craig Murray, the British Ambassador from 2002 to 2004, described widespread torture, kidnapping, murder, rape by the police, financial corruption, religious persecution, censorship, and other human rights abuses. This included the case of Karimov's security forces executing prisoners Muzafar Avazov and Khuzniddin Alimov by boiling them alive in 2002.

 

that sounds comfy!

He was an absolute despot. Should we feel sad about his passing? Why? Should anybody? Maybe his immediate family. Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows? But, the world is most definitely a better place without him. He terrorized his people with his authoritarian power.