Uzbekistan: early release
Tohar Haydarov, 33, was released on parole on 8 November after serving six years and ten months of his prison term, and returned to his home in Gulistan, eastern Uzbekistan.
World Watch Monitor
Haydarov was found guilty in March 2010 of drugs charges, which local Baptists insist were fabricated. Release International said his arrest followed a request by some of his relatives that local police help them to force Haydarov to return to Islam.