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Cueball
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posted 26 February 2006 04:51 PM      Profile for Cueball   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Uzbek opposition head faces jail
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wake of May's shootings in the city of Andijan, where eyewitnesses say troops killed hundreds of people as they put down a popular uprising.

His group openly criticised the government's repressive policies and called for free-market reforms in Uzbekistan, where correspondents say the economy has stagnated because of excessive centralisation and corruption.



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eau
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posted 26 February 2006 05:04 PM      Profile for eau        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
There are reports that many prisoners were killed, the ones that "confessed" got life.
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