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| | New closed trials for Andijan accused (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | ANKARA, 1 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - New trials connected with the May uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan have started in Uzbekistan, with 58 people charged with terrorism, religious extremism and other serious crimes in four separate closed court hearings, the country’s Supreme Court said on Thursday. |
 | | The trials are closed due to concerns over security in the courts in the capital, Tashkent, and in central Sirdarya province, the Supreme Court said in a statement. |
 | | The statement, which came one day after strong criticism by the international rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said “defendants are charged with premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances, committing acts of terror and other grave offences”. |
| www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=50456 (479 words) |
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