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Thursday, 22 January 2004
UZBEKISTAN AMNESTIES ABOUT 3,500
By empty (1/22/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The office of Uzbekistan\'s prosecutor-general announced on 22 January that an amnesty decreed in December by President Islam Karimov to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the country\'s constitution has freed about 3,500 convicts. Of the 3,381 people covered by the amnesty, 391 were sentenced for crimes against the constitutional order and public safety, charges often filed against alleged Islamist extremists. (Interfax) .
The office of Uzbekistan\'s prosecutor-general announced on 22 January that an amnesty decreed in December by President Islam Karimov to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the country\'s constitution has freed about 3,500 convicts. Of the 3,381 people covered by the amnesty, 391 were sentenced for crimes against the constitutional order and public safety, charges often filed against alleged Islamist extremists. (Interfax)