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– Tajikistan: Journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov is free but his conviction remains (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 23, 2018

A court commuted Mirsaidov's 12 year jail sentence to payment of a fine and damages; he had been detained for over eight months before his release.
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