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Fr Oct 6 -

TROUBLE IN TASHKENT
AND MORE Article 301 -

# An Uzbek court has sentenced a journalist, Ulugbek Khaidarov, to six years in jail for extortion, human rights groups said on Friday, condemning the trial as an attempt to silence free speech. BBC World Service and UN office for refugees also shut down.
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Another Turkish author, Ipek Calislar, went on trial Thursday for "insulting Turkishness." European Union officials are pressuring Turkey to abolish the law. Article 301 is considered by EU officials a major obstacle to membership in that group.
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