Thursday, February 16, 2012

Kyrgyzstan

Human Rights Watch Criticizes Kyrgyz Deportations

Demonstrators in New York in May calling for an investigation into the Andijon unrest (RFE/RL)

August 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A prominent U.S.-based rights group has criticized Kyrgyzstan for deporting five Uzbek nationals wanted in their home country for their alleged participation in last year’s unrest in Andijon.

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August 10, 2006

Human Rights Watch says in a statement that the Kyrgyz decision violates international law and puts the lives and well being of the deportees at risk.

The five were sent back to Uzbekistan on August 9. They had been kept in custody in the southern city of Osh for months.

Among them are four UN-recognized refugees and one asylum seeker.

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that it was shocked by the decision.

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Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan on May 19, 2005 (epa)

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