From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Mon Jan 10 2005 - 12:26:12 EST
EXTREMIST GROUP MEMBERS GO ON TRIAL IN TAJIKISTAN
A group of more than 10 alleged members of the Tajik extremist group Bayat has gone on trial in Khujand on charges ranging from organizing a criminal group to murder, ITAR-TASS reported on 8 January. Hodi Fattoev, one of the group's suspected leaders, is among the accused. A source in Tajikistan's Interior Ministry told the Russian news agency that operations are under way to find and detain Ali Aminov, the alleged overall leader of Bayat. The source also suggested that Bayat might be linked to the banned Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir, as well as to international terrorist organizations. DK
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