Friday, September 2, 2016

Obituary: Veteran Uzbek leader Karimov battled Islamists, suppressed dissent

(Reuters) - Uzbek President Islam Karimov, who the government said on Friday had died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, saw himself as the protector of his Central Asian nation against the threat of militant Islam. To his critics, he was a brutal dictator who used torture to stay in power.

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