Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is the most populous Central Asian country. In 1991, Uzbekistan emerged as a sovereign country after more than a century of Soviet rule. President Islam Karimov has now been …
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NGAWANG Gyaltsen (Lay name: Ngoegyan)
D.o.b.: c.1960 Profession: monk from Drepung Gonpa monastery. Date of Arrest: 16 April 1989. Sentence: 17 years in prison plus five years’ deprivation of political rights. Expires: 15 April 2006 …
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D.O.B.: 1949 Profession: Author/publisher. Date of arrest: 23 December 2000 Sentence: Three years’ imprisonment with hard labour. Expires: 22 December 2003 Details of arrest: First arrested at his home in …
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Profession: journalist and director of Linea Sur Press, an independent press agency based in Cienfuegos. Date of Arrest: 14 August 1997 Sentence: 6 years, confirmed on appeal. Expires: 15 November …
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