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RARE PHOTOS: Uzbekistan jails protesters over anti government unrest - The Real Truth

An Uzbek service member guards a road during a government-organised press visit in Nukus, capital of Karakalpakstan, on July 6, 2022 [Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov/Reuters]

A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced 22 people, including a journalist, to various prison terms over deadly unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan republic last July.

Twenty-one people were killed in the protests, which were triggered by plans to curtail the province’s autonomy. Those plans were ultimately scrapped by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev amid the demonstrations.

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