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Karakalpak Activist Faces Threat of Deportation From Kazakhstan

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Akylbek Muratov, known as Aqylbek Muratbai on X and other social media, was arrested in Almaty. He is suspected of engaging in separatism and "destructive activism," officials in Tashkent say. Karakalpakstan is a sovereign republic within Uzbekistan with its own parliament and language.

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Karakalpak Activist Faces Threat of Deportation From Kazakhstan

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN — Uzbek law enforcement officials this month confirmed to VOA that an Uzbek extradition request was behind the February 15 arrest in Kazakhstan of Karakalpak activist Akylbek Muratov, known as Aqylbek Muratbai on X and other social media. Karakalpaks are indigenous Turkic people of Karakalpakstan, since 1993 a sovereign republic within Uzbekistan with its own parliament, national symbols and language. This status has been a so…

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