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

Index Number: EUR 58/011/2005
Date Published: 26 July 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistani military forces reportedly moved into the Kyrgyz city of Osh on 27 July, in order to remove at least 12 refugees from the city's pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) and forcibly return them to Uzbekistan. This group are among 29 Uzbekistani men, in detention at the Osh SIZO since June, on an extradition request from the General Prosecutor of Uzbekistan. One man already forcibly returned to Uzbekistan has reportedly died as a result of torture, while another is gravely ill in hospital.