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Trio suspected of newspaper plot charged
GLOSTRUP, Denmark – Three men suspected of preparing an attack on a newspaper have been charged by a Danish court with plotting an act of terrorism.
Police detained four men in Denmark and one in Sweden on Wednesday on suspicion of planning an armed assault on the offices of Jyllands-Posten, the newspaper that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. – (Reuters)
Claim of 39 deaths in Uzbekistan jails
NEW YORK – At least 39 people have died of torture in jails in Uzbekistan this year amid a growing crackdown on religious groups and government critics, a rights group has said.
The Independent Human Rights Defenders Group said the figure was based on information from the victims’ families and former inmates.
It added that the actual number of such deaths could be higher, but many are not reported because the families fear official reprisals. In 2009, the group registered 20 such deaths. – (Reuters)