Regime Closes Office of Humanitarian Group
From Times Wire Reports
Uzbekistan shut down the local office of Counterpart, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization that runs humanitarian projects, the group said.
The nation has cracked down on foreign aid groups and the media since Western countries criticized the bloody suppression of an uprising in the town of Andijon a year ago.
David Holiday, Counterpart’s head in Uzbekistan, declined to say why the office was closed.
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