Tajik Activist Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For 'Extremism'

Oraz Vazirbekov, a Tajik activist, has been sentenced by a court in Dushanbe to 16 years in prison for extremism and calls on social media to overthrow the constitutional order. Vazirbekov, who rejects the charges, was one of two Tajik activists residing in Moscow who were forcibly taken to Tajikistan in July, when Tajik authorities were cracking down on activists from the remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. To read the original report by RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.