From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 13:39:43 EST
UZBEK JUDGE DENIES ISLAMIC MOVEMENT LEADER VOLUNTEERED TO
STAND TRIAL
Uzbekistan's Supreme Court Deputy Chairman
Bakhtior Djamalov, who is presiding over the Tashkent trial
of 12 men charged with terrorist activities, denied on 10
November that Mohammed Solih had volunteered to stand trial
alongside other members of the banned Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan (IMU), Interfax reported. Solih is one of nine
defendants currently being tried in absentia for their
alleged role in terrorist activities, including the car bomb
explosions in Tashkent in February 1999. LF
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