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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Hizb ut-Tahrir suspects arrested in Osh

Staff Report
2011-02-08

OSH – Police have arrested eight suspected members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), media reported February 7, quoting the Interior Ministry's Osh Oblast press office.

The police arrested five suspects in Osh and three in the village of Shark, the press office told media. During searches of the suspects' homes, police found many brochures, books, leaflets and audio-video disks of an extremist nature, AKIPress.org reported.

Authorities are holding the eight in Osh's pre-trial detention center and are investigating their activities.

HT is banned for wanting to impose a caliphate throughout Central Asia.

Source: Central Asia Online.
Link: http://centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/caii/newsbriefs/2011/02/08/newsbrief-06.

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