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Tajikistan releases whistleblower but leaves conviction in place

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  1. EightRoundsRapid
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    A court in Tajikistan has caved to mounting international pressure and released a whistle-blowing journalist who had previously been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

    In the surprise ruling, Sughd regional court ordered that Khairullo Mirsaidov walk free from court on August 22, although the conviction on charges of embezzlement, forging documents and providing false testimony remains in force.

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  2. Leon
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    I've not really heard Tajikistan mentioned in news reports for years and years, and now it's come up twice in a negative light in a couple of weeks. Somethings also seems to have happened in 2004...

    I've not really heard Tajikistan mentioned in news reports for years and years, and now it's come up twice in a negative light in a couple of weeks.

    Somethings also seems to have happened in 2004

    https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Tajikistan

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