Eight men,Rachabmurod Chumayev, aged 25, Umed Idiyev, aged 23, Akbar Radzhabov, Mukharam Fatkhulloyev, Ibrogim Khusseynov, Todzhiddin Butayev, aged 26, Akhmaddzhon Saidov, andSavriddin Pirov, are believed to be in imminent danger of execution. The men, all members of an armed group, were sentenced to death in February 2003 on charges of terrorism, banditry, illegal possession of firearms, hostage-taking and murder.
