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Wednesday, 10 November 2004
TAJIK COURT SENTENCES 20 HIZB UT-TAHRIR ACTIVISTS
By empty (11/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A court in Sughd Province on 9 November sentenced 20 individuals to prison terms ranging from three to eight years for criminal activities on behalf of the banned extremist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, RFE/RL\'s Tajik Service reported. The defendants, who included one ethnic Russian and a former National Security Committee officer, were found guilty of inciting strife along national and religious lines and calling for the overthrow of the state. The group was arrested in Khujand in early 2004.
A court in Sughd Province on 9 November sentenced 20 individuals to prison terms ranging from three to eight years for criminal activities on behalf of the banned extremist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, RFE/RL\'s Tajik Service reported. The defendants, who included one ethnic Russian and a former National Security Committee officer, were found guilty of inciting strife along national and religious lines and calling for the overthrow of the state. The group was arrested in Khujand in early 2004. Mahmud Sotiboldiev, a lawyer for the accused, told RFE/RL that the defendants were forced to confess under torture. (RFE/RL)