Uzbekistan Jails Eight For Wahhabism
March 15, 2006
Scene inside a Tashkent court (file photo) (RFE/RL)
Surat Ikramov, the head of the Rights Defenders' Initiative Group, says the eight were sentenced in Tashkent on March 13 to jail terms of up to six years.
The eight claim they were tortured into confession, Ikramov says.
Uzbek authorities maintain a "zero tolerance" policy toward groups that have been deemed to be extremist.
(AP)