{
    "byline": "By Albert Otkj\u00e6r",
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    "excerpt": "On September 8, five men were sentenced to between five and five-and-a-half years in prison after standing trial in an Almaty courtroom for supposedly attempting to seize control of power in Kazakhstan last year. The judges found all five suspects guilty not only of advocating for the violent seizure of power, but also of organizing mass unrest against authorities in the country and a seizure of the presidential residence, known as Akorda.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 4410,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Kazakhstan Again Sentences Activists for Supposed Attempt to Seize Power"
}