Prosecutors have sent the case to the Supreme Court. A spokeswoman of the Prosecutor-General's Office said yesterday that the first in a series of trials of what she called "Islamic extremists" will start next on 26 July.
But opponents of authoritarian President Islam Karimov, a close ally of the United State government in its war in neighboring Afghanistan, have expressed concern over a new wave of repression of free expression.
(Reuters)
But opponents of authoritarian President Islam Karimov, a close ally of the United State government in its war in neighboring Afghanistan, have expressed concern over a new wave of repression of free expression.
(Reuters)
