Kazakstan: Further information on Fear of forcible deportation/fear of torture, Gulgeldi Annanyyazov (m), aged 42

Index Number: EUR 57/003/2002
Date Published: 8 September 2002
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kazakstan

At the end of September 2002, Gulgeldi Annanyyazov was granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The former political prisoner was reportedly in imminent danger of being forcibly returned to Turkmenistan, where he would have been at risk of torture or ill-treatment.