Hizb ut-Tahrir supporters sentenced in Tajikistan

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Dushanbe, January 27, Interfax - A court in the city of Khujand in northern Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences to ten members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic group, a court spokesman told Interfax over the phone on Wednesday. "The trial of members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist extremist party has finished. Ten activists of this party have received prison sentences ranging from eight years and six months to 15 years and six months," the spokesman said. The court convicted the defendants of publicly calling for measures to overthrow the authorities in Tajikistan, setting up a criminal community and inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred, he said. "All the convicted [members] are citizens of Tajikistan living in the Sogd region," the spokesman said. The Sogd region is located in Central Asia's Fergana Valley on the border with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The largest number of supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was officially outlawed in Tajikistan in 2001, have been detained in this area. News of Hizb ut-Tahrir supporters being detained in Tajikistan are reported almost every month. Interfax Add this Article to your Bookmark site Set as favorite Bookmark Email this Trackback(0)  TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (1) Subscribe to this comment's feed Manzoor-ul Haq: ... Brothers and Sisters, They shackle and chain you, blind fold you, boil you alive, cut open you and leave you to die, torture you in high-walled castle like prisons far away so your cries remain unheard through the thick walls. Your families applies for visit or to appeal against the detention based on holding just a leaflet by Hizb ut- Tahrir that reads to suggest to hold the Allah's word high. You know well, your rulers who represses and tortures you to please their kufaar masters (Illah), enemies of Allah. Surely, Allah SWT would have munafiqoun chained forever. Hold on to your sabr a little longer to attain the best of the abode Jannah inshAllah. Army of Khilafah will soon be marching to free you from Zulm of despotic rulers, inshAllah. “But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, and to His Messenger (Muhammad [sal-Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam] ), and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.” {al-Munafiqoun: 8} 1 report abuse vote down vote up February 06, 2010 - 03:08:05 Votes: +0 Write comment  Show/hide comment form Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Add Comment