WASHINGTON – Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chairman of the United States Helsinki Commission, announced that the Commission will hold a hearing to discuss the ongoing crisis in Uzbekistan and its implications for the United States.
THE UZBEKISTAN CRISIS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT AND NEXT STEPS
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The featured panelists will be:
Panel I
Mira Ricardel, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, Department of Defense
Panel II
Muhammad Salih, Chairman, Erk Party
Holly Cartner, Executive Director, Europe & Central Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
Robert Templer, Director, Asia Program, International Crisis Group
Galima Bukharbaeva, Correspondent, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
