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December 23, 2005

Uzbeks Sentence 37 More Over Andijon

Observers at an Andijon-related trial in September (RFE/RL)

23 December 2005 -- Uzbekistan's Supreme Court says it has sentenced 37 more people to prison terms for allegedly participating in last May's violence in the eastern city of Andijon.

A statement said the men, who were convicted in a closed trial, received prison terms ranging from 10 to 18 years for alleged crimes including murders, terrorist acts, and other violations.


The court also issued a correction, saying 41 men were sentenced on 21 December to prison terms ranging from 12 to 20 years in connection with the Andijon violence. The court had earlier said 42 men had been sentenced.


The verdicts announced on 23 December bring to more than 150 the number of people sentenced so far over the Andijon unrest.


The Uzbek government says 187 people died in the Andijon violence, but international rights organizations say hundreds of civilians may have been killed when security forces opened fire. The Uzbek government has rejected calls from the European Union, the United States, and United Nations human rights officials for an independent international inquiry.


(AFP/ITAR-TASS)


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