Uzbekistan: Saidzhakhon Zainabitdinov, Prisoner of Conscience : Appeal Case

Index Number: EUR 62/026/2005
Date Published: 28 September 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Uzbekistan

Amnesty International is extremely concerned for the safety of a prominent human rights defender, Saidzhakhon Zainabitdinov, who was reportedly arbitrarily detained by law enforcement officers on 21 May 2005. He is being held in incommunicado detention and believed to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. He has been charged with serious offences including "terrorism", which is punishable by death. Amnesty International believes him to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for carrying out his peaceful and legitimate human rights work.