Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan in Pursuit of Refugees in Kyrgyzstan: A Follow-up Report

Index Number: EUR 58/016/2005
Fecha de publicación: 1 septiembre 2005
Categorías: Europa y Asia Central, Kirguistán

This report updates AI index: EUR 58/008/05 about refugees who fled to Kyrgyzstan after 13 May 2005. Amnesty International received reports that law enforcement authorities from Uzbekistan have continued to pursue refugees on Kyrgyzstan territory. This report gives information on the different groups of people, who sought international protection inside the refugee camp, and which included: citizens of Kyrgyzstan, who were in Andizhan on 13 May, some of whom are being sought by the authorities in Uzbekistan as criminal suspects; citizens of Uzbekistan, sought for extradition to Uzbekistan as criminal suspects; other refugees.