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– Uzbek political prisoner free after 19 years (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 23, 2017

Rustam Usmanov, a peaceful political activist imprisoned arbitrarily in Uzbekistan for 19 years and brutally tortured, was finally freed on 13 February 2017, at the end of his prison term.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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