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Uzbekistan: Authorities Free Sanjar Umarov

Written byAdil Nurmakov
Posted 23 November 2009 16:52 GMT

Noah Tucker reports that Sanjar Umarov, one of the most famous political prisoner in Uzbekistan, earlier charged with tax evasion and embezzlement after founding an opposition party in 2005, has been released from prison.

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