KHUJAND, July 18, 2012, Asia-Plus — Over the first six months of this year, seven criminal cases instituted against 56 alleged activists of extremist organizations have moved to courts in the northern Sughd province.
Sughd chief prosecutor Sharif Qurbonov told journalists in Khujand on July 17 that 54 of those people are members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and two others are activists of the Hizb ut-Tahrir group.
“Last year, criminal proceedings against 101 members of the outlawed religious and extremists group were completed and moved to courts,” he noted.
According to him, local prosecutors have instituted 293 criminal proceedings since the beginning of this year and 54 of them are corruption-related cases.
