From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 10:40:43 EST
PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR DEATH SENTENCES IN UZBEK TERRORISM
TRIAL
Deputy Prosecutor-General Erkin Kudratov on 13
November asked the country's Supreme Court to hand down the
death sentence to 10 out of 12 men on trial on charges of
terrorism, Reuters and Russian agencies reported. The 10
include two leading members of the banned Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan and exiled Erk Party leader Mukhammed Solih, who
are accused of perpetrating the February 1999 car bombings in
Tashkent, in which 16 people were killed. All three are being
tried in absentia. Kudratov demanded 20-year sentences for
the remaining two defendants, both of whom were present in
the dock. LF
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