Population 3,791 (1989) | Time zone UZT (UTC+5) | |
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Jasliq (Uzbek: Jasliq/Жаслиқ, Russian: Жаслык) is an urban-type settlement of Qo‘ng‘irot District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. It is connected by road to Karakalpakiya in the northwest, and Kunkhodzha in the southeast.
Map of Jasliq, Uzbekistan
Jasliq contains a notorious prison, where in 2010, the Independent Human Rights Defenders of Uzbekistan reported the deaths of 39 prisoners. Torture and deaths from violence are not uncommon at the prison.
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