15 Plead Guilty to Roles in Violent Uprising
From Times Wire Reports
Fifteen men pleaded guilty to participating in an uprising in eastern Uzbekistan in May that led to what human rights groups say was a government crackdown that left several hundred people dead.
The pleas came as prosecutors opened the trial and alleged that the men were linked to a Muslim extremist conspiracy to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.
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