UZBEK EMBASSY REPORTS REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (6/23/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Uzbekistan\'s embassy in Kyrgyzstan announced in a statement on 22 June that the Uzbek Prosecutor-General\'s Office has requested the extradition of at least 13 asylum seekers currently housed in a camp in Kyrgyzstan\'s Jalalabad Province, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. \"At present, 100 citizens of Uzbekistan and 31 citizens of Kyrgyzstan who are located in the tent city [in Kyrgyzstan] have been identified as direct participants in acts of terror and charged in absentia,\" the statement said. \"Thirteen individuals in the camp were illegally freed by terrorists from prison [in Andijon on the night of 12 May], and requests have been conveyed for their detention and extradition to Uzbekistan,\" said the statement.Visit also
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