15 Plead Guilty to Roles in Violent Uprising
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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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