Prosecutors from the Sughd Oblast prosecutor\'s office rounded up a group of 14 suspected activists of the banned Islamic extremist party Hizb ut-Tahrir at a teahouse in Khujand, the oblast center, on 9 February. Hizb ut-Tahrir literature was also reported to have been found at the teahouse. Aziz Daburov, a police official responsible for special criminal cases, was quoted as saying that several other Hizb ut-Tahrir activists have been detained since 9 February, including law enforcement officers. According to the Tajik Prosecutor-General\'s Office, 118 Hizb ut-Tahrir activists have been sentenced to prison terms in Tajikistan, but the number of party sympathizers in the country is estimated at over 3,000. The Sughd Oblast has traditionally served as a hub for the banned party in Tajikistan, but suspected activists have also been arrested this year in the southern Khatlon Oblast. (RIA-NOvosti)