Kazakstan: Fear of forcible return, Lutfullo Shamsuddinov

Index Number: EUR 57/001/2005
Date Published: 4 July 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kazakstan

Human rights defender Lutfullo Shamsuddinov, a refugee who fled Uzbekistan in May, was arrested by the Kazakstani police on 4 July, at the request of the Uzbekistani authorities. He is in serious danger of being forcibly returned to Uzbekistan, where he would be at risk of incommunicado detention, torture and unfair trial leading to a long prison term or even the death penalty.