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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - A human rights activist accused of distributing Islamic extremist propaganda went on trial Monday, activists said, the latest in a string of trials targeting government critics in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation.
Umida Niyazova, 32, who was affiliated with the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch and wrote for independent online publications, was arrested in January and charged with illegal border crossing and smuggling of materials allegedly supporting Akramiya, an Islamic group.
She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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