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Uzbekistan Sentences Five For Spying For Tajikistan

(RFE/RL)

TASHKENT, November 17, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- An Uzbek military court has sentenced five people, three women and two men, to prison terms of 15 to 20 years for spying for Tajikistan.

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November 17, 2006

Two of those sentenced are citizens of Uzbekistan, two are from Tajikistan, and the other is "a person without citizenship."

A spokesman for Uzbekistan's National Security Service, Olimjon Toraqulov, confirmed the court decision today to RFE/RL's Uzbek service and said the charges against the five people date back two years.

Tajik-Uzbek relations have been tense all year. Tajikistan jailed several people earlier this year after they were found guilty of spying for Uzbekistan.

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