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Uzbekistan Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Karakalpakstan Appeals

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Uzbekistan Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Karakalpakstan Appeals

Tazhimuratov’s 16-year sentence was upheld while terms of others were either reduced or shifted to house arrest.

Uzbekistan Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Karakalpakstan Appeals
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Uzbekistan’s Supreme Court has issued its rulings in the appeals of 16 people sentenced in January to various prison terms for their involvement in protests in Karakalpakstan last summer, as well as ruling on a request from prosecutors to reconsider four others originally given house arrest terms.

On Twitter, Kazakhstan-based Karakalpak activist Aqylbek Muratbai chronicled the rulings, noting that eight people initially given between three and eight year prison sentences saw those terms replaced with house arrest — they were released after the reading of the ruling. Six others had their sentences reduced. 

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