Kyrgyzstan: Further information on: Fear of forcible return/ Fear for safety

Index Number: EUR 58/006/2005
Date Published: 22 June 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyzstan authorities are preparing to return a further 29 people, who were seeking international protection in Kyrgyzstan, to Uzbekistan in violation of international refugee law. They are at risk of other grave human rights violations, including torture or other ill-treatment, unfair trial and possible death penalty should they be returned.