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Uzbekistan: Human rights activist sentenced to 5 year in prison

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Uzbekistan, Human Rights, Law

Avicenna reports [1] that Uzbek human rights activist and journalist Tursunbek Turazoda has been sentenced to five years of prison term after he had been charged with swindling and turned in to police by his close friend.