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Associated Press: Russian court halts journalist’s deportation to Uzbekistan

Published Aug. 8, 2017 at 9:59 pm

Participants attend a hearing on the justice ministry request to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses at Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow on April 20, 2017.Russia's Supreme Court on April 20 issued a ruling banning Jehovah's Witnesses after finding the group to be extremist. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV

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A Moscow court has stopped the deportation of a Russian reporter to his native Uzbekistan, bowing to a European court’s order.

The European Court of Human Rights has obliged Russia to halt Khudoberdy Nurmatov’s deportation amid rights activists’ fear he might face torture in Uzbekistan.