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A court in Uzbekistan's southwestern city of Bukhara has sentenced another 39 Karakalpak activists accused of taking part in unsanctioned anti-government protests in the Central Asian nation's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan last year.
The trial of a Belarusian rights activist who was extradited to Minsk from Russia last August will be held on April 1, the Minsk-based Vyasna (Spring) human rights center said on March 17.
The Lenin district court in Bishkek has started a hearing into a request from Kyrgyz authorities to halt the operations of RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Radio Azattyk.