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Thursday, 23 June 2005
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.
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. The embassy also said that Uzbekistan has sent materials detailing criminal cases against the 31 Kyrgyz citizens to the Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General\'s Office. (RFE/RL)