Tajik court sentences 20 extremists

A court in Tajikistan has
sentenced 20 members of a banned radical Muslim group to
three to eight years in jail, officials said Friday.
The regional court in northern Sughd province on Tuesday
found the men guilty of extremism and inciting inter-ethnic
hatred as members of the outlawed Hizb-ut-Tahrir party,
court officials said.
The 20 were detained in February in the northern town of
Khujand. Police seized extremist literature and leaflets
from them, said the officials, who asked not to be
identified.