Tajik trial begins

The trial has started in the town of Hojand in northern Tajikistan of seven men accused of being members of the militant Islamic group, Hezb-i Tahrir.

The defendants -- a mixture of ethnic Uzbeks and Tajiks -- are charged with spreading mass propaganda in an attempt to overthrow the civil government, organising a criminal group and inciting religious rivalry.

After opening, the trial was postponed until Monday.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service